Baobab samplerSample
Amara Diallo · Dakar, Senegal
8 Oct 2026
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A linen sampler of a baobab, stitched from a sketch made outside the market. Stem stitch for the trunk, seed stitch for the canopy, and a border of cross-stitch in a thread I dyed with onion skins. The back is almost as tidy as the front.
- Materials
- Linen, Cotton floss, Onion-skin dye
- Tools
- Embroidery hoop, Size 9 needle
- Time
- 12 hours
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
