Determined to only use supplies from my stash, these are what I had to start with, and my first idea. The colours are pretty close to those set by Sharon, but my photos make it all look a bit blue.
These fabrics could have made landscape...
After a bit more thought this is what I finished up stitching, a journal sized quilt I'm calling Fantasy Flowers. It is made with raw edged appliqued leaves on a pieced background. The flowers are strip pieced and appliqued with buttonhole stitch. Other stitches are chain stitch, French knots and simple running stitch with pearl #5, Broder cotton and stranded DMC cotton. My embroidery skills are a bit rusty, and stitching through several layers of fabric plus batting make for sore fingers, but I enjoyed the process. Oddly the more I stitched, the more it seemed to need and the better it looked. Anyway - this is it - finished I think...
6 comments:
That's gorgeous...love it totally
I loved the middle photo of the landscape so I was surprised by the beautiful flowers at the end.
This is really nice, and the hand stitching is just right!
I really love the way the floweres came out. It's beautiful!
Oh Wow -- this is really cute. I love the geometric nature of the flowers. Your "big stitches" really set it off. How cute to hang on the wall! Great job.
The handstiching is indeed beautiful...but I loved that landscape idea!
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