Many of my patterns feature flowers so I thought I'd share some different stitches that can be used to stitch flowers. 

• As with leaves, one of the most common stitches used for filling flower shapes is satin stitch

• For the centre of flowers, I like to use French knots or a variation on this, pistil stitch.

• Woven wheels are great for a rose like flower shape and looks great when a few are stitched together.

• Plants with tiny flowers such as heather or lavender can be stitched using bullion knots or granitos stitch.

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