Very Merry Cherries

Juicy red cherries are a much-anticipated part of festive celebrations, their glossy, ruby skins adding a delicious richness to the table.

Why not enjoy them all year round with this fun and fabulous brooch, worked in needlelace using lustrous stranded silk threads.

Stitched over a foundation of felt, each cherry is covered with corded detached blanket stitch and the leaf is worked onto a wire cordonnet using the same technique.