I finally finished my Daphni. Not being one to do anything exactly as described, this piece is larger than the chart. It's the same size from top to bottom, but I had a large piece of linen, so I kept it going and made it longer. I love it as a table runner. It's stitched on 30ct linen, with the colors Krista prescribed.
I wanted a simple hem, so I pulled a single thread around the perimeter and backstitched in the gap with some nice pearl cotton to give it a pretty edge.
For those of you who (like me!) like to see the back of the work, here you go:
And, finally, here's a close up of the mitered corner:
This is such a wonderful design, with a decidedly mid-century flavor. I absolutely love the simplicity of it, and can imagine so many ways to use this. It's easy to make this one super neat on the back side, if you're change threads for each leaf. And you only have to count to five!
That is fantastic is there a way maybe that you could do a video
This is a VERY helpful, detailed explanation for this technique! Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with all of us!
This looks amazing! I really love this design, too--so simple yet so elegant. Great job!
Truly beautiful. A lovely design, and exquisite stitching and finishing! This just made my day!
You did a great job. Gorgeous work.
I don't understand how you got the little tiny loops on the outer edge. ? Am I missing something?
So pretty!
Lovely I especially like what you did with the hem
Beautiful!! Do you stitch in hand, with a hoop, Q-snap, etc?
I think this is just lovely. I’ve admired this pattern for a while. You’ve done very fine needlework here.