Tulips of Holland

A Dutch landscape with the windmill rising over a flowering field, tulips in the foreground and butterflies among the stems: soft colours with many shades of pink, coral and green. It is worked in counted cross stitch on white fabric, following the full-colour symbolic chart; the threads come already sorted and labelled on the organiser, so there is nothing to order before you start.

With 41 colours and a tall format, this is a project to take your time over, best suited to stitchers with a little experience. You only need a hoop or frame and a small pair of scissors; the frame is not included and can be chosen once the work is finished, perhaps with a pale mount to echo the white fabric.