This delightful needlepoint kit from Cleopatra’s Needle is worked in tent stitch on 12hpi canvas, the finished piece will measure 14″x13.8″, 35.5x35cm.
The kit includes a printed canvas, colour and black and white charts, a tapestry needle, sufficient Appleton tapestry wool to complete the design and full instructions.
One of a series of insect cushion designs.
The Duchess of Burgundy Butterfly is small, Orange and Brown, like a tiny fritillary. It can be found from late May to early July, on two main habitats: chalk and limestone grassland with plenty of shelter from scrub or slopes or clearings on ancient woodland sites. Its distribution is much reduced over recent decades, with its remaining strongholds in central southern England. Many colonies are subject of intense effort by conservationists to prevent these spices from becoming extinct.