Birds Of Paradise Bird of Paradise flowers are associated with liberty, magnificence, and good perspective. Due to their tropical nature, these colorful end exotic flowers also symbolize freedom and joy. So, if you're a true nature lover, then invite to your wardrobe these stunning floral patterns to create a relaxing haven. Join us at Pinot's Palette - Liberty Station on Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:00-5:00PM for Wild Bird of Paradise. Seats are limited, reserve yours today! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane flower or bird of paradise, is a species of flowering plant indigenous to South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers. In temperate areas it is a popular houseplant.
Fabulous and flashy, bird of paradise blooms bring sizzling tropical color to a vase or your landscape. This eye-catching perennial is native to South Africa. The blossoms resemble a bird in flight or an artfully folded origami sculpture. The bird of paradise flower is also important, in that it symbolizes Mexico, and more specifically evokes the ties that Mr. Campos feels to his homeland. Additionally, with the bird of paradise flower and the Statue of Liberty, Mr. Campos seems to represent a transition from beauty and paradise to a land of industry and promises of work.
Most of the time when I think of crewel embroidery, I think of a colorful Jacobean design done in yarn. This Bird of Paradise is certainly colorful and has a bit of a Jacobean element to it, but the instructions state to use six strand floss instead of yarn.
This is a free leaflet from Coats & Clark’s I came across in a pile of needlework pattern odds and ends. The bird of paradise is beautiful and I would imagine could be used in many ways besides embroidery.
The numbers for J&P Coats floss used for this design have changed. Fortunately, the instructions list the colors along with the numbers. In addition, I was able to pull up an image of a Coats & Clark’s ONT Six Strand Floss, Art. C. 11 color chart with coordinating numbers.
The Crewel Bird of Paradise is done in turquoise blues, hunter’s green, tropic orange and shaded yellows. As always, you are free to experiment and use whatever colors you’d like.
Originally a transfer, the scanned pattern will need tracing to use it. The images below are in .jpg format. When you save them, you’ll be able to change their size, etc. in photo editing software. I’ve also provided a .pdf format for you to download below. Usually you aren’t able to change a PDF file.
Below is a version to trace in the opposite direction or flipped. This way you can have two birds facing each other if you’d like.
Download Instructions: Right-Click on the image. Select either “save link as” or “save image as” depending on what browser you are using. Or simply click on it, it will open in a new window, you can right click it and save it from there.
Next is an illustration of the stitches used is included. There are french knots, satin stitch, straight and long and short stitches. All of these appear in the PDF file too.
The pattern is in PDF format so to read it you’ll need the Adobe Reader software on your computer. Most computers come with it, but it is free and can be found here.
Download Instructions: Right-Click the link and select either “save target as” or “save link as” depending on what browser you are using or simply click on it and save or print.
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