Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Summer Flowers


The finished spread. Embroidery done by hand using fly stitch, lazy-daisy stitch, back stitch and french knots. The watercolor was painted by me, inspired by a painting by Alfred John Billinghurst (b. 1880) called The Herbaceous Border. I may have to put this aside for a day or two to decide whether or not it's really finished...I tend to want to keep embellishing...what do you think?

3 comments:

  1. very nice and yes it works for all the steps for me at least ..... Linda F

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  2. This is a lovely spread. The way you gave a detailed account of the steps you took to make it was superb. It was great to see this piece from beginning to finished product.

    You really are a great artist and your composition for this piece is amazing. I really enjoyed seeing it develop.

    Elizabeth

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  3. Love this spread. It turned out beautiful. I like the way you showed the steps too. Jean

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