Dwarf Strawberry Tree Embroidery – January Phenology
It’s the end of January, which means it’s time to show you what I stitched for the phenology wheel this month. I love walking around my neighborhood and seeing the berries on the dwarf strawberry trees. They are so bright, and the texture is so interesting.
When I first sketched this out, I was worried they looked a little too much like cherries. I knew I needed to convey that texture somehow, so I decided to fill the berries with little French knots.
The flowers were a little harder to get right since I had to embroider them so small. Aren’t they so pretty and dainty though?
I figure the berries are the real star though, so the flowers didn’t need to be too detailed.
Download the free pattern!
Just in case you have some dwarf strawberry trees in your neighborhood, here’s a link to the free pattern that I created.
I just got another shipment of the fabric, so if you’d like to participate, you can purchase it here. To see my original post that explains this project, go here. Make sure to post your photos to Instagram using #cutesycraftsSAL so we can all see your work!
Oh this is so beautiful. Only found your channel now. I’m getting back into embroidery after a decade long break…this seems perfect to start slow.
Thank you for your generous gifts of sharing your talents. I am not so talented in the drawing department! I appreciate you so very much!
Love this idea. Thank you
Do you have a list of DMC thread colors that you are using please and a rough stitch outline or are you letting us draw freely ourselves š
Thanks so much. I’m late starting this but look forward to get going š
Click the link that takes you to the patterns. The patterns have a list of colors used and all the stitches. š
I love this!
Hello
French knots beautiful but do you have a tutorial how the french seems big.. how do you it
Here’s my French Knot video: https://cutesycrafts.com/2018/05/how-to-do-a-french-knot.html
Nice
Love your work. I have learned so much.
Wow, this looks wonderful! I can’t wait to start.
Thank you so much for the pattern! This looks lovely