Poinsettia in a Pot

The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.

• Embroidery in dark thread (on the pot) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 12, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 12, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
• Embroidery in dark thread (on the pot), straight stitches through: (in round 11, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 10, on the centre front line ) → (in round 11, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).