Main Bead Embroidery Kit Cream bunch

“Cream bunch” is a full bouquet of peonies, roses and blue delphinium in a round white vase. The flowers are packed tightly, the heads heavy and fully open, and a few roses lie beside the vase on the wooden tabletop. The mood is unhurried, almost festive.

What the picture shows

The main range is cream, peach and soft pink, with powdery and butter-yellow roses added at the bottom. The one cool accent comes from the tall blue spires of delphinium rising above the bouquet and giving the composition its height. Beads cover all the flowers, the leaves, the vase and the wooden edge of the table; the petals are worked in small shifts of tone, so the peonies read as genuinely many-layered. The pale blurred background stays as print on the artist canvas, and that is what lets the bouquet stay light rather than heavy. Thin sprigs with small buds reach out to the left and widen the bouquet a little across.

What is in the kit

• Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 24 colours
• Beading needles
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 330×450 mm (13×17.7 in)
• Beads: approx. 13,818
• Bead colours: 24
• Difficulty: above average
• Base: artist canvas

The piece is vertical and uses a wide range of colours, so it asks for attention to shades but rewards it with the finest transitions in the petals. It suits a bedroom, a living room or a dining room above the table. Gallery finishing is possible — the canvas stretches over a bar with no frame or mount.