Cherries
– A taste of summer – August 2014
Big,
fat, juicy cherries come into season here in July. They are grown
locally and in the nearby Rhone Valley and appear in local
supermarkets, village markets and in wayside stalls which one can
find all over this part of France in the summer. They are not around
for long, so everyone makes the most of the few weeks they are
available at quite reasonable prices.
The
background fabric is cotton sateen from Stoll Weber. Cherry juice is
depicted in the heavily quilted area with beads of juice dripping
from the edge. I like text on my pieces as you know and the word
Cerises, French of course for cherries, is quilted and filled with
hand embroidered cross stitch using one of my hand dyed threads. The
cherries are painted with fabric paint and shadows put in with more
embroidery.
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