I've finished the second sheet of wood avens.
After buttonhole stitching round the edges of the petals:
I added the first band of stitches in the palest shade. I put more in than last time, to give a slightly more pronounced effect:
Then a band with one strand of the paler and one of the (slightly) darker colour:
Then finally finishing off the petals with split stitch using the darker shade:
Finally, I filled in the centres with French knots in green, and the darkest yellow I'm using on these flowers, a shade darker than the petals:
Here's the full sheet, completed:
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These are so pretty, and your technique is excellent. You are really moving along on these!
ReplyDeleteThanks, but it doesn't feel like it - it feels like I've still got SO MUCH still to do. Still, I have a schedule and I'm sticking to it (so far), so it should all be ok. I hope!
ReplyDeleteThey look lovely!
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