My First Needle Roll

It was the first time for me to make a Needle Roll, as I have been joining in "Monthly Finishing Challenge", and I had a very beautiful chart which Cindy has gave me last year, so I have tried to make one as April challenge!

Here it is, my first Needle Roll...

Actually I didn't even know how to do hemstitch, and as I started to stitch this from the end of April, I had no time to search and find about how to do hemstitch.
That's why I have done button hole stitch instead of it and added picots around the edge.

Here is the whole design. There are some specialty stitches and added many beads in this design.
This is a very beautiful design, isn't it!
I always hesitated to add many beads on stitched piece, but it actually didn't so difficult this time.


Here is a close up photo of spider web roses and beads parts.
It's hard to see in the photo, but there are lattice around the each blue beads in white thread with back stitch.
I love this roses' colour, and I'm glad that the pink beads match well with this thread colour, even though it didn't my intention to colour match!


I thought this design would be difficult for me, but it was very fun to stitch along!
I really enjoyed this, although I still need to learn how to do hemstitch! :D

Thank you Cindy for giving me such a beautiful chart!
May challenge for Montly Finishing Challenge is "Biscornu", and it will be also my first challenge!
At the moment, I have no time to stitch Biscornu, but I'm going to try it later this month!

Design : Five Roses Needle Roll © M Designs

Fabric : 32ct Belfast Linen (Cream / Ivory)
Threads : DMC + Beads
Finished as : Needle Roll