There isn't the space to do too much, so I've just used two colours. I added a band of stitches in the darker shade, Madeira 1406, just under the buttonhole-stitched rim of the bell:
Then a band using one strand of 1406 and one of 1405 in front of it:
And finally I filled in the rest of the flowers in split stitch in 1405:
Here are all three flower heads, completed:
Trying to get a shading effect into such small spaces was quite tricky, especially the smallest one, which is only about an inch (2.5 cm) across, so I'm quite pleased with how they've turned out. If I'd had the room, I'd probably have used three shades and made the difference between the yellow centre and the rest a bit more pronounced, but it just wasn't practical here.
There is one thing that's worrying me a bit though...
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They do look lovely.
ReplyDeleteTrying to do shading in such a small space does sound very difficult.
Just a thought ..... the banner is, on the whole, going to be seen from a distance. Have you tried holding the motifs at a distance to see how they look? I vaguely recall reading on Mary Corbet's Needle n Thread that different approaches are often taken on banner sewing.
Yes, that is something I've been bearing in mind, but the design calls for lots of little flowers, and they have to be done somehow! I'd like the Banner to be appreciated on different levels: as a whole from a distance, but also in detail close up.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure (know!) it will be appreciated :)
ReplyDeleteIt will be very exciting when you get to putting it all together.
I was wondering whether how it might look from a distance was the aspect that was worrying you? Now I'm curious as to what is actually bothering you :)