This craft project features brightly colored fall leaves and black birds, and is suitable for beginners. It makes for a cozy art project on a rainy day and the resulting hoop art makes a lovely handmade gift.

The embroidery kit includes:

• Grey-blue fabric printed with the design. Note: the printed stitching guidelines are permanent. 
• One 6 inch hand embroidery hoop 
• Hand embroidery needles
• 8 colors of DMC cotton embroidery floss
• The color printed embroidery pattern 
• A copy of the Beginner Guide 

The simple embroidery pattern includes a link to the video tutorial on YouTube, stitch and color keys and a color close up photo of stitched pattern.

Jessica Long's embroidery grow out of her love of drawing and painting flora and fauna. Life lead her into becoming an embroidery instructor and pattern designer. She lives and works in Arizona.