Tree of Life Embroidery Kit With Hoop by Avlea Stitch Dictionary Includes Yuletide design sheet and

Includes Yuletide design sheet and instructions

Stitch with Japan #7 or couch it (tack it on the surface) using a thinner thread

examples of which can be found in many cultures across the world

Bee Kind & Bee Good” are worked along each side & the tiny bees are worked “over one” to add more interest & detail to the piece

Stitch count 94 x 101

Tree of Life Embroidery Kit With Hoop by Avlea Stitch Dictionary Includes Yuletide design sheet andOf this kit Krista says: Tree of Life is inspired by a 15th century textile fragment with a cypress tree motif. The Cypress tree motif originated as a Persian motif then made it way into ancient Roman and Greek art and became a symbol of mourning which continued into medieval art. In the Christian age, classical symbols of mourning came to be overlaid with connotations of the Resurrection because of the understanding that death is the path to new