Free Design - Lemon Blossoms

 

Lemon Blossom Gift Bag and Bon Bon

Can be made as a set or individually.  

Fabric: Silk and Lining 50 cm x 22 cm. Organza 20 cm x 35 cm (doubled )

Finished Sizes: Bag 24 cm x 18 cm. Bon Bon 20 cm length.

Stitches Used: Stem Stitch, Ribbon Stitch, Loop Flower,

Detached Chain Stitch, Y Stitch, French Knots, Lazy Daisy, Y Stitch Leaf.

Materials Needed: Silk Organza, Lining for Bag, Ribbons – Organza

and Silk, Threads, Beads, Needles.  Hoop, Pelon, Sewing Threads, 

Fillings for Bag & Bon Bon.

Instructions: Pre-wash all Ribbons, dry and iron on a low Silk Setting.

Meanwhile transfer the design on to the fabric, using a light box or by 

taping the pattern to a sunny window and placing the material over it.

Use a water erasable pen or dressmakers chalk. Place a piece of wadding

or pelon a little larger than your design onto the back of the fabric and 

tack this down.

(This applies to Silk Bag and Organza Bon Bon)

It is best in the case of the Loop Flower to complete your other work

first as it gets difficult working around the loops of ribbon.

1st : Work the small daisy's in the gold ribbon in Ribbon Stitch,

allowing a small circle in the centre and work around this.

When completed, stitch on a bronze bead. 

2nd: With 2 strands Cream Thread work the Lazy Daisy Leaves. 

The Fly Stitch Leaves are next with 2 strands Variegated Green Thread. 

Starting from the top make a small Fly Stitch as in Stitch Instructions

and repeat this increasing the size as you go to shape the leaf,

complete the stem with Stem Stitch.

Using the Yellow or Cream 7 mm. Ribbon, make the Buds, and add a 

Y stitch in Green Variegated Thread and Stem Stitch the branch.

Once you have completed all the buds.

Make small French Knots scattered ( does not have to be exact to

the pattern) with 1 Thread of the Bronze Metallic.

Loop Flower: Take a 25 – 30 cm piece of the Yellow or Cream Ribbon, 

Use option 1 for threading ( this is the most secure way ). 

Work around the inner circle. The ribbon will be pulled through 

outside the circle and with eg a rod, pencil or chopped sticks,

wrap the ribbon under and over the rod and back into the material

inside the circle. Pull the ribbon firm around you rod, leave it there

while you make your next stitch with another rod and then pull 

out the first. This stops the ribbon from pulling through and shortening

the first stitch. Continue in the way until you have made 6 Petals.

At the back of your work take the needle through the wadding 

and stitch off. Complete all Loop Flowers then add the beads,

lemon for the cream ribbon flowers, pearl for the yellow flowers.

If you need to trim the pelon back closer to the embroidery, 

but take care not to cut the fabric.

Making up the Bag: Wrong sides facing stitch a 2 cm seam each side. 

Turn back to right side. Wrong sides together of the Lining stitch down

one side with 2 cm seam allowance.

Opposite side make a 2 cm seam allowance make leave a 8 cm. opening.

Put the silk bag inside the lining with the lining seams facing out and

the silk right side out. Stitch a 1 cm. Seam around the top of the bag.

Pull the bag through the gap in the lining flatten out the article and 

press with iron on silk setting. With matching thread slip stitch the

opening closed. Push the lining inside the bag and press down again.

Decorate with a Organza Ribbon Bow.

Making up the Bon Bon: Fold the material in half, right sides facing,

with a 2 cm seam allowance down the longer side to make into a roll.

Make the filling from wadding stitched into a roll or fill with potpourri.

Allow 10 cm each end. Fold the ends back to have it 5 cm. Each end

doubled over. With matching thread ( doubled for strength ) and

tacking stitches gathers the ends and tightly end off. If you have

filled with wadding you can then add a few drops of fragrant oil.

Tie both ends with an Organza Bow.

Gift Bag Design Width 11 cm. Depth 7 cm.

Bon Bon Design - Width 8 cm.  Depth 4 cm.