Lesson 10.2
Beginning Your Floral Composition: Beaded Stems and Spirals
In this lesson, you will move from your practice sampler to a new floral project. You will remount the frame with fresh fabric, transfer the A4 pattern, and explore optional changes to the design. Using French Lunéville embroidery, you will begin the stems with threaded pearls and create decorative spirals by alternating plain stitches with beaded stitches.
Materials to Prepare
Embroidery frame
Fresh embroidery fabric
New floral pattern printed on A4 paper
Pencil suitable for marking your fabric
Lunéville hook
Embroidery thread
Pre-threaded pearls
Bobbin for your threaded materials
Scissors
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
Prepare your frame with fresh fabric for a new project.
Transfer the floral pattern and adapt selected details to your taste.
Embroider a stem with threaded pearls using the French Lunéville technique.
Use plain stitches to establish a spiral before adding beads.
Alternate one plain stitch with one beaded stitch.
Position beaded stitches alongside or between existing stitches.
Continue from decorative spirals into regular beadwork.
Your Practice
Remount your frame with fresh fabric. Print the new pattern on A4 paper and transfer it onto the fabric. Keep the original design or adapt it as demonstrated by leaving the flower’s centre empty and changing the daisy petals.
With the reverse side facing you, prepare your threaded pearls and make a starting lock at the point shown in the lesson. Begin embroidering the stem using the French Lunéville method.
At the first spiral, follow the demonstrated path upwards with plain stitches. Add a pearl to define the curve, then work back along the spiral, alternating one plain stitch with one beaded stitch. Place the pearls alongside or between the existing stitches, then rejoin the stem and continue regular beadwork.
At the second flower, repeat the sequence: work upwards with plain stitches, then return with a pearl at every second stitch.