Abris Art Flowers

"Bird of paradise" - a hummingbird above flowers in a gold circle, its wing drawn as a pale outline.

The bird hovers in flight, its beak long and thin, its breast and head shifting through emerald, turquoise and violet, its tail pink and red. It is set inside a thin gold circle... Read more about Bird of Paradise - Cross Stitch Kit

"The Tree of Forest Tales" is a symmetrical folk-style forest panel: a spreading tree, birds on its branches and two foxes by the trunk.

The design is mirror-symmetrical. A brown tree grows in the centre, its dense green crown hiding ginger and blue-grey birds, large pink and red... Read more about The Tree of Forest Tales - Cross Stitch Kit

"Sweet clover" shows a few meadow clover heads and a dragonfly hovering above them.

Pink and lilac clover heads rise on thin stems, with the familiar trefoil leaves and their pale crescent markings spreading thickly below. A dragonfly with a green body and open translucent pink... Read more about Sweet Clover - Cross Stitch Kit

"Sun's Kiss" shows a large lilac butterfly with eyespots on its wings.

The butterfly rests with its wings open, turned slightly to one side. The wings are violet and lilac with dark veins, each carrying several round eyespots ringed in cream and orange; the body is covered in fine... Read more about Sun's Kiss - Cross Stitch Kit

"Unfinished story" shows a girl in a long skirt lost in a book on the grass.

The figure is seen from behind: her hair is gathered in a high knot, her blouse cream with small polka dots, her skirt raspberry red with wide soft folds spread over the ground. An open book is in her... Read more about Unfinished Story - Cross Stitch Kit

"Ginkgo biloba" is a scatter of fan-shaped ginkgo leaves spread across almost the whole canvas. It is a calm, decorative piece built entirely on gold, mother-of-pearl and smoky grey.

More than a dozen leaves of different sizes lie one over another, as if they had just been... Read more about Ginkgo Biloba - Bead Embroidery Kit

"Red emerald" is a bouquet of crimson tulips in a clear glass vase. A still life with a wintry mood: hot colour against a cold silvery ground.

The blooms open at different heights: some face the viewer, some turn away, and one tight bud holds to the side. The petals run from deep... Read more about Red Emerald - Bead Embroidery Kit

"Dream of the air" shows five fluffy dandelion clocks on thin stems, caught a moment before the wind takes the seeds away. It is a quiet piece about fragility.

The dandelions are stitched in pale beads - cream and white, with copper and gold sparks near the centres and green veins... Read more about Dream of the Air - Bead Embroidery Kit

"Amulet of dreams" shows a blue horseshoe wound with lavender and marigolds.

The horseshoe stands with its ends up and almost closes the circle; it is blue with violet shadows and small nail holes. Tall lavender spikes grow through it, from pale blue to deep violet, and a dense... Read more about Amulet of Dreams - Cross Stitch Kit

"Honey dream" shows a large bee in a wreath of daisies under a golden moon.

The bee spreads its wings in the middle of the picture: the abdomen is stitched in bands of orange, gold and dark brown beads, the thorax and head are dark with a white star on the brow, and the legs and... Read more about Honey Dream - Bead Embroidery Kit

"Emerald leaves" is a handful of ginkgo fans on a pale ground - a quiet botanical study.

On an almost white ground with soft grey washes lie fans of leaves: two large emerald ones with dark centres, beside them golden ochre and white, and brown ones below. Every fan is stitched in... Read more about Emerald Leaves - Bead Embroidery Kit

"Royal Bloom" is a large blue-turquoise flower with a gold rim on every petal.

The flower opens across the whole square and is seen from above. The petals run in three rings: deep cobalt on the outside, turquoise and azure in the middle, almost white at the centre, each one... Read more about Royal Bloom - Bead Embroidery Kit