Here's a free hand embroidery pattern, from yesterday's sketching.
As I mentioned yesterday, my plan is to create an embroidery design that I can use across several embroidery techniques. These stylized pomegranate thingamabobs are always a favorite of mine, and I find they pop up a lot in my designs. They are particularly suitable for silk shading and for goldwork, but I think they'd transfer to other types of embroider as well. I think this one, for example, would look pretty nice in whitework, especially on a colored fabric.
There's one style of embroidery, though, that I don't think this will transfer well to, and that's casual, free-style surface stitching. Stylized pomegranates seem to be a bit too formal to go the casual route, in my mind. What do you think?
You can click on the above for a larger version, or you can print the PDF below. The design on the PDF will print at approximately 5" square.
Pomegranate in the Round: A Design for Hand Embroidery (PDF)
I'm not sure if I'll embroider this design for my upcoming series, but maybe someday, I'll use it for something. In the meantime, maybe you can find a use for it!
By the way, you can reduce the busy-ness of the lattice work in the center by removing every other line in both directions, if you don't like the crowded lattice. That would open it up for a bead or spangle in the middle of the diamonds.
I received an e-mail from a reader yesterday, suggesting I should propose a contest for a design. What do you all think about that?
And finally, I think I should be more forthcoming about the rooster. He isn't finished. I'm going to go work on him right NOW.
Until tomorrow...!
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