Stitching An Odd Shape

Sometimes I need to think outside of the box when it comes to stitching odd shapes. This shape I had laying in my craft supplies for the past two or three years with not a clue of how to stitch it.

As I was researching cultural embroidery stitches (specifically stitches traditional to Brazil, China and Ukraine) I found my ah-ha moment and new how to stitch this thing up using a combination of stitches I just learned.

Stitches I used for it:

• woven wheel stitch (centre of rose)

• overcast stitch (rose petals)

• woven leaf stitch (large leaves)

• interlock stitch (small leaves)

As I do not have a computer program where I can properly add stitches to curved shapes, I used a paint shop program to do up this pattern for you.