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Pomegranate Heart by Melissa Sherbring, the EGA Seminar class I took earlier this year, is a 3″ x 3″ heart that surrounds a pomegranate and is worked in three late 16th / early 17th century English embroidery stitches. I do love learning new, or in this case very old, stitches/techniques.

I’ve gone over this piece in detail previously at https://melitastitches4fun.com/category/embroidery-guild-of-america/seminar-2023-boston/pomegranate-heart-by-melissa-sherbring/

I did the finishing myself. There were no issues with turning the fabric back because I didn’t cut my tabs close to the design.

Bill helped with the cording, and I twisted by hand. I got a good suggestion by a professional finisher in my ANG Main Line Stitchers chapter, Cleo of Busy Lizzy, that I make the loop separate and thinner than the cording that surrounds the ornament.