Modern and Traditional Embroidery Dress

Ever since I did the Simply Stitched book review, I have really enjoyed working with tapestry wool.

I had some leftover wool from my plushwork wreath, so I decided to try stitching a woven picot stitch flower with it.

You can refer to my tutorial for the woven picot if you need to learn the stitch - this post is more to show you how it looks using tapestry wool.

DMC Red 7108 and Blanc

I usually stitch the woven picot with pearl cotton. The first thing I noticed using wool is how quickly you can stitch it up - less weaving since the wool is so thick.

Today I am going to show you how to stitch a plushwork wreath for the holidays!

For best results - I highly suggest tapestry wool.

This wreath is stitched with DMC Tapestry Wool (which DMC has so kindly provided).

DMC Green 7344 and Red 7108

Back up again next to that stitch on the same side and repeat until your template is covered.



Here is the first layer complete.


Remove the cardboard template.


Here it as without any fluffing - notice you can see a gap in the wool.



Here it is trimmed and fluffed. You can still see a line around the middle but it's less than the first wreath.


Here is the wreath finished with the bow and french knots!

The technique is very easy to learn -  if you know satin stitch you can do this!


Done with the first layer.


I repeated two more layers of the same wool.


After I cut all the layers I removed the plastic template.


Here is the finished plushwork flower!


See how fluffy! It reminds me of turkey work.


Here it is with one layer of light blue and adding my second layer of dark blue.


Added another layer of dark blue - for a total of three wool layers.


Cut through the layers and remove the template...



I definitely like the end result with the thicker DMC wool. What do you think?