One of the things I love about travelling in Europe in spring and summer is the poppies. They remind me of my childhood in the Netherlands when I played in the wheat fields on the farm where we lived. The wheat was laced with bright red poppies and I remember picking them to take home and then being disappointed because the flower wilted the next day. I still love poppies though I have learnt not to pick them- and my photo files contain many wonderful images of poppies that i have taken on my travels. I will stop the car to photograph drifts of poppies. I was in heaven when I lived in France for a year and poppies were part of my daily walk- I couldn't get enough of them.
It's where I long to be again and so at the moment I am suffused in pieces about poppies and poppy variations. However the size I had been making was too large for the dimensions for voyageart so I made one the right size- I think it's my favourite yet- but then red and orange are the colours of my soul.
It's where I long to be again and so at the moment I am suffused in pieces about poppies and poppy variations. However the size I had been making was too large for the dimensions for voyageart so I made one the right size- I think it's my favourite yet- but then red and orange are the colours of my soul.
The sheen on you fabric is lovely - how did you achieve it? It looks like glazed cotton. Impressed with your stitching too - did you use a perle thread for the stems?
ReplyDeleteHI Jean- I have used lutradur, which I used to use quite a lot and then stopped for awhile. I have used normal machine embroidery thread but have run two threads through the top of my machine.
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