Thank you for your comment Di.  I made the pattern for this myself.  It s just a circle with scallops cut away from the sides and three ribbonwork flowers gathered in the centre with shaded ribbons.  The rest of it is worked with ribbon stitches out from the centre with green stems and detached chain stitches.  Then I added free French Knots around the centre stitches.  Feel free to use the design if  you wish.  Grace

As there is some discussion on the Stumpwork Group's page as to whether you should use Buttonhole Stitch or Overcasting on the edges, I am posting a photo of my leaves worked with overcasting stitch. I did the first one absolutely right and because of rushing made an error in the colour of the central vein in the second leaf. I don't think I am going to worry about it. So far I haven't added the side veins. Grace

Hallo everybody, I have only just joined this group. My name is Grace and I am a dedicated embroideress. I love almost every embroidery technique and also do a small amount of patchwork. I am also interested in the history of embroidery and am really dedicated to working and using old little-known stitches. Does any one else feel that some of the stitches we used to use are almost unknown today? On the other hand I also love to experiment with some of the new things we have nowadays - Angelina… Continue