For Mum

Step 1

The frame with the canvas measures 40 cm x 30 cm. Cut the canvas so that it is 10 cm bigger on each side, i.e. 50 cm x 40 cm. This extra 10 cm allows for covering the sides and the back of the wooden frame. The complete embroidery (the rose and leaves with a stem) measures 28.5 cm x 19 cm. Find the middle of the canvas. Fold it into the middle down from above and from the left to the right. Mark the intersection point with a pin. Measure 14.25 cm to the left and right, mark these lines with pins or a tacking thread. Measure 9.5 cm up and down. Also mark the line.

The flower of the rose amounts to 35 cross stitches horizontally and 29 cross stitches vertically (16.7 cm x 13.3 cm) at its widest point . The size of the leaves without the leafstalk is 17 cross stitches horizontally and 10 cross stitches vertically (8.1 cm x 4.5 cm) for the smaller leaf and 18 cross stitches horizontally and 10 cross stitches vertically (8.6 cm x 4.5 cm) for the bigger one.

Step 3

Pass the thread under the top filaments on the rear of the canvas at the beginning and the end. Create a knot just before the beginning of the cross stitch. When finishing a thread, place the knot behind the last cross stitch.

Step 5

Start embroidering the right-hand side of the rose. You have already marked the edge with the pins or tacking from Step 1. Count 13 cross stitches (26 loops) down from the top right-hand corner. Sew the first cross stitch in the 25^th and 26^th loops. Proceed according to the cross stitch pattern. The entire completed embroidery weighs 85 g thanks to the used glass beads (the canvas accounts for 35 g of that).