Regional Embroidery Kits

Kits $60 each

Postage to anywhere in Australia $15 per order

Scroll down to see the montages for each region and below the videos on how to do the stitches used.

I love creating special pieces which remind me of my travels. Knowing there are many other needleworkers out there, I decided to develop textile kits inspired by the diversity of Western Australia capturing key features, flora and fauna of the area, so that you can create your own memory piece. The kit contains all you will need for the artwork with a hand painted patten on natural material, with DMC threads and appropriate embellishments for each one (such as a pearl bead, hand-painted silk for leaves, glass beads, or silver thread), a photograph of the finished picture, needle and instructions. The instructions are graded so it can be quite simple, or you can choose to embellish each piece as much as you would like. Each kit is $60 plus postage, or they can be found at key visitor centers and gift shops.

Landscapes include: Wheatbelt, Mid-West Wildflower Country, South Coast, Busselton/Margaret River/Augusta, Northam, Monkey Mia/Shark Bay/Denham, Pilbara, Kimberley and Wildflowers of Western Australia. Please scroll through the photographs below to determine which one you like the best. I hope you enjoy creating your special piece.

Contact me at wendy@wendydaledesigns.au if you would like any information or to purchase a kit or two.

  • South Coast

  • Central Wheatbelt

  • Kimberley

  • Mid-West Wildflower Country

  • Pilbara

How to work the stitches in the regional mosaics.

Anchoring your thread to start

Back stitch

Blanket Stitch

Boucle Stitch

French Knot

Lazy Daisy Stitch

Running Stitch

Satin Stitch

Silk Ribbon Embroidery

Making a Pompom

Back Stitch

Back stitch creates a smooth line - it is actually the opposite side of stem stitch..

Make it stand out.

Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.

Boucle Stitch

A 3-D stitch used on the banksias to best represent these beautiful flowers.

French > Knot

Can be worked as single, double, treble or quaduple knots. Great for eyes and textured embellishment.

Lazy Daisy

Stitch

Great for flowers and buds, and also useful for tree foliage and adding texture, such as the fish (Kimberley).

Running >

Stitch.

Used for quilting and the defining edges, such as the tops of hills.

Satin Stitch

This is a fill in sstitch used on the buds, animals and some flowers. As the name suggests, when worked well has a smooth finish.

Seed Stitch >

Seed stitch is good for adding texture. The tiny stitches give water a movement and the effect of sand and shadows on the beach.

Silk Ribbon

Silk ribbon embroidery adds another dimension to the work creating rounded leaves/petals used for the wreath flowers (Med West) and verticordia flowers (Eastern Wheatbelt).

Stem Stitch >

This is used for smooth lines such as stems, the tops of hills or defining the shape of an animal.

Straight Stitch.

Used horizontally for tree foliage or vertically for tree trunks, for spinifex and grass.

Pompom >

Many of the flowers are like pompoms - such as the mulla mulla, rose of the west (E. macrocarpa) or the wattle (Acacia sp.)