*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
Need a refresher on what those stitch are? Check out the resources page – all stitches are listed alphabetically, so scroll down until you find what you need.
Rabbit
Using colour #840, fill in the brown fur of the rabbit using long and short stitch. Then fill in the face and stomach with long and short stitch using colour #822, giving careful consideration to fill in all the face first and using the lines as a border, and then working the stomach area in the same stitch separately. This will prevent the head and stomach from blending together, and give the head more shape.
Next, work the French knots for the bunny tail in #822, 2 wraps per French knot.
The grass is stitched with colour #937, in straight stitches, with one overlapping the bunny tail (you could skip this if you don’t want to cover the tail).
The shrub branches are all worked in straight stitch in colour #368.
The inner ear and the nose are both worked in colour #224, and in satin stitch- the nose is very tiny satin stitch!
Then, the eye- one 2-wrap French knot in #310, with a single strand of #822 worked as a small straight stitch in the French knot, to provide eye detail.
Squirrel
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
Stitch the dark brown bark with long and short stitch (longer stitches will make this more bark-like in appearance – so aim to make the stitches bigger) in colour #898.
The leaves are satin stitch #937, and the stems are straight stitch in the same colour.
To stitch the inner stump, use colour #3032 in split stitch in the semi circles to show the tree rings.
In colour #415, fill in the squirrel using long and short stitch, being sure to end stitches where the lines of the squirrels’ body are – this will help make the leg and arms easier to see.
Add a French knot for the eye (2 wraps) in #310. If you don’t feel the leg and arm are separate enough, a couple of straight stitches in #3032 will help delineate the squirrel’s shape. The acorn is stitched in small satin stitch in #898.
Fox
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
In colour #3826, fill in the fox using long and short stitch, being sure to end stitches where the lines of the fox’s body are.
In colour #822 and using long and short stitch again, fill in the white parts of the fox.
With #937, the stems are worked in straight stitch. The flower petals are also worked in straight stitch, in #3821.
In colour #310, Work a 3-wrap French knot for the eye. The ear facing you has the black tips in straight stitch, and the ear turned away in satin stitch. The nose is also satin stitch in the same colour, and the mouth is a small straight stitch.
Inner ear is stitched with satin stitch in #822, and one strand for a small straight stitch for the eye highlight, worked in the eye.
Hedgehog
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
Using colour #320, work the stems of the strawberry plant in straight stitch. In the same colour, you can stitch the strawberry tops in satin stitch. The leaves are also satin stitch, working one side of each leaf then the other, to create the center vein in each leaf.
Using colour #309, fill in the strawberries in satin stitch.
Add seed using small straight stitches in colour #3821.
Using colour #822, fill in the tummy of the hedgehog in long and short stitch. Then work the face shading in colour #840, also in long and short stitch.
In colour #224, stitch the paws in satin stitch.
In colour #310, work a 3 wrap French knot for the eye, and a 2 -wrap French knot for the nose. For the prickles, we’ll be doing a lot of randomly scattered short straight stitches, starting with the darkest colour first, the #310.
In colour #840, work more prickles in straight stitch like you did in colour #310, filling in the spaces in between the black prickles. Then, using colour #822, add more prickles, filling in the shape. Feel free to add more or less prickles to suit your taste.
Robin
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
In colour #898. Fill in the branch using long and short stitch.
In colour #937, outline the stems in backstitch, and fill in the leaves with satin stitch.
In colour #3032, fill in the bird with long and short stitch.
Using colour #840, add darker details with long and short stitch to the edges of the tail feathers and wings. Then outline the tailfeathers and wing feathers with one strand of colour #310. Outline the feet with #310.
Fill in the bird stomach with colour #3826 at the top for the red breast, and colour #822 towards the bottom, all in long and short stitch.
Finish off the robin by stitching the beak with two small satin stitches in colour #3821, and a French knot for the eye in #310, 2 wraps for the French knot.
Mushrooms and Snail
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
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In colour #368, stitch the flower stems in straight stitch, including the leaves.
In colour #320, you will stitch the ferns. The stems are backstitch, and the leaves are daisy stitch.
Stitch the mushroom stems in colour #822, in satin stitch.
In colour #3032, stitch the underside of the big mushroom cap in satin stitch, and the snail’s body in split stitch.
In colour #840, fill in the mushroom caps in satin stitch. In colour #898, fill in the snail shell in satin stitch, working around the shape of the curve. Then add in stripes on the snail shell with colour #3032, using a single strand. Grass is worked in straight stitch, in colours #937.
Using colour #224, stitch the flowers in straight stitch, one stitch per petal.
Acorn
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
In colour #840, fill in the base of the acorn in satin stitch.
With colour #898, fill the acorn top with French knots, 2 wraps each.
With colour #937, work the oak leaves in satin stitch, one side and then the other, to create the vein in the center of each leaf.
Asters
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
In colour #937, work the stems in split stitch. Then, in colour #554, fill in the aster flower petals with satin stitch.
In colour #3821, fill in the flower centres with French knots, 3 wraps.
Daisies
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
In colour #368, work one half of each leaf in satin stitch.
In colour #320, stitch the other side of each leaf in satin stitch.
Stitch the stems in backstitch in colour #320, and the daisy floral bases in satin stitch, also in #320.
In colour #822, fill in the daisy petals with satin stitch.
The centers of the daisies are filled with French knots, 2 wraps, in colour #3821.
Toadstool & Laurel
*All embroidery is worked with 3 of the 6 strands of embroidery floss, unless otherwise stated*
In colour #368, using two strands, work the stems of the laurel in back stitch, and the leaves in daisy stitch.
In colour #822, fill in the toadstool stems and mushroom frills, staying in the lines of the separate sections.
Fill in the toadstool caps in satin stitch with colour #309. Then, with two strands of #822, add French knots, two wraps.
I hope you enjoyed stitching the Woodland pack! If you have any questions about stitching these, feel free to email me – [email protected]