Hello dear Craftpodders,

We’ve put together a tutorial for the Herb Garden Embroidery pattern included in the Spring 2022 Craftpod. This pattern can either be stitched as your embroidery design for your glasses case (one of the projects from the Spring 2022 Craftpod) or you can stitch it up in a hoop.

Firstly, if you need any help with the stitches we use in this project, head to our YouTube Channel where you can find tutorials for the stitches or click on the orange highlighted links as we mention each stitch.

If you have the Spring 2022 Craftpod, you’ve already got everything you need for stitching up this design onto a glasses case. There’s no need for an embroidery hoop when transferring this design onto a case. In fact it would leave a strong indent on your linen fabric, so we purposefully don’t use one when making a glasses case.

However, if you don’t have the Spring 2022 Craftpod, and you’d like to stitch this sweet little design in a hoop, we’ve listed everything you’re going to need.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

A 5 inch Hoop (or larger)
Black fabric - We’ve used linen.
Embroidery Threads - DMC embroidery colours that we have used are: 936, 732 & 3835.
White Transfer Paper
Printer - to print your pattern
Size 7/8 Embroidery Needle
Scissors

Begin by printing the pattern. Use white transfer paper and your printed pattern to transfer your design onto your fabric (it’s best to do this before you but your fabric in a hoop if you are using one). Once your design is successfully transferred onto your fabric you can begin stitching.

Use one strand of the dark green (936) and whipped back stitch, to stitch in the stalks of the lavender and the rosemary.

Now with the light green (732), use whipped back stitch to stitch in the stalk of the thyme (middle plant).

For the lavender flowers, use one strand of light purple (3835) and lazy daisy stitch to create each petal.

For the thyme leaves, use one strand of dark green (936) and lazy daisy stitch to create each leaf.

Lastly use two strands of dark green (936) to stitch in the rosemary leaves. This can just be done with straight stitches.

Happy crafting!

Jo & Immi xx