Flower bouquets needlepoint patterns

Hand-tied bouquets, among them domes of mixed flower heads packed closely together and a looser spray with two bluebirds at its ribbon.

The styles run from flat color to shaded. In the folk art bouquet and bluebirds, a coral rose with a white heart at its center sits among white daisies and blue flowers, tied with a coral bow, and two bluebirds on sage green mounds face each other and hold the ribbon ends; count the rose and the bow first and place the birds from the ribbon. Most are four inches square on 18 mesh, and many can also be made as a round ornament. A bouquet takes more colors than a single flower, and levels run from intermediate to advanced. Lay the threads from the list side by side before you start and make sure the close shades can be told apart.