You’ll find on these pages, the charts and instructions for Diane Schultz's Poppy Vest, which you've seen on the Gallery III pages.

This vest is needlepointed on 12 mesh canvas. In this almost totally tent stitched design, the decorative spider stitch sneaks in as the center of the poppy.

The design is different on each side of the vest making both the stitching and the final product more interesting. Click on the picture to take a closer look at the vest. The navigation buttons above will get you to the instructions.

Look at the RESULTS pages to see the stitched vest, and look at the  INSTRUCTIONS  to see how to stitch your own.  As this is a newly constructed set of instructions reverse engineered from the original commissioned design, be aware that there may be a few "bugs" in the instructions. This is one reason we're offering the design free on the site. If you keep alert as you work, we don't believe there are any problems that will seriously impact your final result.

Please keep us posted on your stitching progress.

It uses 20  independent colors plus 13 blends. Ours was stitched using Paternayan Persian yarn, and the particular yarn numbers are provided  in the instructions.