The theme is Versailles in all it’s splendor.

The Royal Gardens with the orangeries, the exotic plants in huge pots, which are carried inside each winter… The splendid golden gates secured the place in front of the palace.

The beautiful architecture of the palace sides. You will stitch ponds with waterlilies, topiaries, and flowerbeds. Flowers for Marie Antoinette to smell…trimmed and cut plant beds and parterre gardens.

This design will incorporate small portions of “over-one”: Monograms of Marie Antoinette and her husband Louis XVI.

You will have plenty of Special Stitches, Backstitching, Beads, and Crystals – it will sparkle with these and metallic threads. We will use luscious silks, solid and variegated, and differently textured threads as well.

A color scheme of golds, yellows, various greens, and deepwater teals together with royal velvety purples and lilacs will make for an unusual mix of shades that generates a very striking picture on any color background.

Much entertainment and no boredom through the 12 months of stitching this rich and splendid piece!

The mere design size is 381 x 381 stitches.

You can download a Materials List here: Mystery 20 – 2018 – Mat List corr

The pictures you see here are small thumbnails to give you a “taste”.