Video Tutorial – Cherry Blossom Tree – Hand Embroidery

Lesson 05: Cherry Blossom Tree Embroidery – French Knot Flowers
A basic and easy approach for making a cherry blossom tree.
All six strands of cotton embroidery floss were utilized.

Cherry blossoms are associated with both birth and death, beauty and violence. They are a major image in Japanese nature worship, but they have also traditionally represented the samurai’s brief but colorful existence. During WWII, kamikaze pilots’ planes were also decked with Sakura symbols.