‘Love Without Reason’ embroidery

MATERIALS:

You will need:
-  Pattern  (Download as PDF and print as A4)
- 20 cm embroidery hoop
- 30 cm square fabric of your choice
- Pilot Frixion or other fabric tracing pen
- Embroidery thread in the color of your choice
- embroidery needle
- Two felt discs the same size as the inner pulley

STEPS:

1. Draw the pattern onto your fabric.
2. Stretch the fabric over the hoop, making sure the spin button is at the top.

3. There is no specific order in the processing of items, you can do it in any order. 
The only exception is yellow buds - process them before adding the green stems.
Yellow buds - 1 strand - satin stitch
Flowers - 2 strands - lazy daisy petals and French knot center.
 I used four different colors for the flowers, a pale blush pink, a darker brick pink, orange and aqua.
Leaves and stems - 2 strips for the outline, 1 strip for the central vein of the leaves - backstitch
Text - 2 threads - back stitch (an extra row of back stitches for thicker parts)

4. To finish, you need to collect the back of the embroidery. 
Cut the fabric in a circle 4 cm wider than the hoop. 
Put a felt disc inside the hoop. 
Cut a piece of thread 10 cm longer than the circumference of the hoop. 
Knot at one end, then make regular stitches of the same length across the entire hoop. 
To achieve a 'yo-yo' effect on the fabric, tighten the thread and secure the loose end with a knot. 
Lay the second piece of felt on top and sew it all over the fabric with the blanket stitch. 
(Or you can stick a piece of cardboard on the back edge of the wooden frame. 
I have a mortal fear of using glue around fabric because I tend to make a mess, but you guys can be braver than me!).

5. If you used a Pilot Frixion pen to trace the pattern, 
give the embroidery a quick spray with a hair dryer or steam it with a steam iron (without touching the embroidery) to remove pen marks

that are still visible. And your embroidery is ready to hang!