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1 February 2019 for International Embroidery Month Every day in February, I'll post the instructions for stitching the individual squares on my Instagram @meghawkey1 and Facebook You can share your progress with everybody on Instagram by using the hashtag #crabapplehillstitchalong. Follow #crabapplehillstitchalong and you'll see what everybody else is doing too! If you don't have an Instagram account it's really easy to sign up. You don't have to follow anybody you don't want to, and you can have a private ac- count where nobody can see your information or photos.

2 You'd still be able to share with us using the hashtag for the stitch along. Prepare your fabric by tracing the design. Read the tracing instructions #7 (left side/2nd row) tint the circles #1011. Make little polka dots on the white before you begin! They're IMPORTANT!! area of the square with the #928 pencil. DO NOT BLEND. #8 shade the pink and white stripes as you did in square #6. #9 draw a checked design on this square as you did in the Stitch square. Color with Prismacolor Premiers colored pencils.

3 You can use any colors you'd like for this. I used a very limited palette of : #10 make polka dots as you did in square #7. Do not blend. Tint the green bud cap with #1005 and blend it. #1080 BEIGE SIENNA #1011 DECO YELLOW. #1005 LIMEPEEL #928 BLUSH PINK #1082 CHOCOLATE (tiny bit) #11 sharpen the #928 pencil, and draw randomly placed little circles on the square. Tint everything that lies OUTSIDE the little circles. Isn't that SO COOL!!? Blend using artist's paper blending stumps. Blend the pink area carefully so you don't pull it into the white dots.

4 #1 (left side/top row) is tinted lightly with #928 and shaded with the same pencil. #12 tint and shade the bottom petal with #928. Blend. Tint the top petals #1011. Blend. and blend. Tint the leaves #1005 and blend. NOW! For the FUN part!! Draw #2 is shaded lightly with the #1080 pencil in the background areas, tinted #1005 in widely spaced vertical lines on the square with the sharpened #928 pencil. Draw leaves, shaded with #928 in flower, and #1011 for flower center. Blend colors horizontal lines with the same spacing.

5 DO NOT BLEND. Use a sharpened #1080. separately. pencil to draw vertical and horizontal lines about 1/16th away from the pink lines. DO NOT BLEND. You just made your own plaid fabric!! #3 square will be fabric so nothing will be done until all stitching is completed. #13 (left side/third row) the scalloped right side of the square is shaded lightly #4 Stitch Sharpen your #928 pencil and make vertical lines on the square. with #1080 and the left side of the square is tinted and shaded with #928. Blend Make horizontal lines on the square.

6 DO NOT BLEND. both separately. #5 use the same sharpened #928 pencil to make vertical lines in the square. DO. #14 Happy Valentines Day! You are SO loved!! By love you all! This will be NOT BLEND. a rough appliqued fabric heart, so nothing will be done until the stitchery is #6 shade the white stripes very lightly with #1080, and the pink stripes with #928. completed. It's time for a few of your favorite chocolates isn't it? Blend each separately. Page 1. #15 make polka dots on the bottom part of the square as you did on square #12.

7 Blending and Smoothing Colors: #16 shade the top and bottom card areas of the floss bobbin with #1080. Use paper blending stumps to blend the colors and smooth them. You can also Blend. Tint and shade the floss/center portion with #928. Blend. use cotton swabs, but they don't work as well and you use SO many! UGH! #17 shade the white background area of the square with #1080 and blend. Tint This can be done as you finish coloring each area or after all are colored. Some the leaf with #1005 and blend.

8 Tint the flower center circle with #1011. areas will need to be blended before adding any additional surface designs. #18 tint the center circle #1011. Tint and shade the background with #928. Blend All you need to do is rub the colored areas with a sharp, clean blending stump. Do separately. one color at a time because the color will transfer from one area to another. I. #19 (left side/fourth row) Sharpen the #928 pencil and make vertical stripes. DO have several blending stumps of various sizes so my colors don't accidentally NOT BLEND.

9 Overlap. You'll notice that the colors will look more vibrant when you've rubbed them. #20 shade the flowers VERY lightly with #928 and blend. If you need to clean off one of your blending stumps, just file it with an emery #21 tint the flower center #1011 and blend. Use sharpened #1080 and #928. board (nail file). This will clean it and also sharpen or dull the end. pencils to make the plaid background. DO NOT BLEND. #22 tint the flower's bud cap #1005 and blend. Use a sharpened #928 pencil to Removing Colored Pencil Tinting Mistakes.

10 YIKES!!: make the checked background. DO NOT BLEND. If you make any mistakes in coloring, now is the time to fix them! After they're #23 tint the leaf and bud cap #1005 and blend. Tint the center of the flower coated with the fixative and heat set it's too late. #1011. Tint and shade the flower's petals with #928 and blend. Shade the bee's wings with a tiny bit of #1080 and blend. Tint the bee's yellow stripes #1011 and Remove color by dabbing with removable mounting putty such as Loctite Fun-Tak the dark stripes with #1082 or very dark #1080.