A Lifelong Romance

This stitch holds a secret! After your stitch is complete use a camera or smartphone to photograph your finish piece and invert the colours (using an app or photoshop), when viewed as a photo negative the stitch transforms and the familiar pride rainbow appears and the pink carnations turn into Oscar Wilde’s green carnation.

Don’t want to stitch the interactive version? No problem. Your purchase also includes a pattern for a version of the design featuring the conventional rainbow colours and Wilde’s green carnations, no camera required.

The Details

Stitch Count: 86 high x 117 wide

Model was stitched on 28 count black Zweigart lugana, using two strands of floss over two strands of linen using full crosses and one strand for the back stitch. If you want to ensure the inverted colour trick works, stitch as charted.