Honey Bee Cross Stitch Deckchair Tutorial

Start by marking out your design on the embroidery board.

Then using the embroidery board and a water erasable pen, mark the dots on to the front of your cotton canvas.

Fuse a piece of iron on medium weight interfacing to the back of the fabric, where your design is.

With an embroidery needle threaded with stranded cotton, Start to cross stitch your design

Continue cross stitching the design

Once you have finished cross stitching the design spritz lightly with water to remove erasable ink and leave to dry.

Pin a length of (broderie anglais) trim down the sides on the front piece, so that right sides face each other.

Stitch 1cm from the edge.

Now place your back piece of canvas, right sides together, pin to secure and stitch together using a 1 cm seam allowance.

Turn right side out, press and cross stitch down the sides.

Bind the two shorter raw edges of the canvas rectangle.

Turn under 6cm on each of the bound edges; press. Pin in place.

Stitch as close to each bound edge as you can, and then stitch again 1cm from each edge, creating a double row of stitching.