New and Improved Queen of Hearts Embroidery Pattern

Hello all! Happy Friday!

With Valentine's Day coming up I decided to give a bit of a face lift to the Queen of Hearts embroidery pattern. Let me tell you what's new. . .

It always bugged me that I stitched her on red fabric. It looked cute on my daughter's T-shirt, but when it was isolated on the pattern cover I could only think of one thing. Painful sunburn. Now she's on plain muslin. Whew!

I satin stitched the hearts on her crown. What can I say - I've been a satin-stitching fool lately.

I added a couple more curls.

All the thread colors now come from the dark, medium and neutral thread bundles. Have I mentioned lately how much easier these thread bundles have made my life? I love them.

I've been playing a bit more lately with blended colors, and I used two different (easy, of course) techniques on this redesign.

I used whipped backstitch on her crown to give it a nice mix of yellow and orange. I like the regularity of this blending on the crown.

For her hair I wanted a different look and used a different technique.

I used 3 strands of brown mixed with one strand of pink and got nice, natural-looking pink highlights in her hair. I might have to start using this technique on all hair - you all know I love the fun-colored highlights I put in my rag dolls. :-)

So there she is! A new Queen of Hearts embroidery pattern, ready for some Valentine's Day (or any day) stitching.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Best,
Wendi