Stitch with two strands in your needle Waterlilies is a 12-ply silk. Use one strand for a textured effect, two strands for a thick satiny look. The entire pattern, with the exception of the finishing outer row is composed of satin stitches.
Satin stitches are vertical or horizontal stitches worked over several threads of the ground fabric.
Start with the center row and work subsequent rows around it. The stitches will lie better if you work from an empty hole into a full hole. The finished design fits the Sudberry House ring box or can be made into a pendant or ornament. Choosing your colors. The original design was worked from scraps of threads with no particular attention to choice of color.