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Comment by Julie Shackson on October 26, 2011 at 17:15

Thank you Pauline!

Comment by Pauline Fitzpatrick on October 26, 2011 at 16:15

Beautiful!

Comment by Julie Shackson on April 11, 2010 at 5:16

I know! Spooky isn't it?

Comment by sheila arthurs on April 11, 2010 at 3:50

Wow, you are in silk and me in felt, how strange that our thoughts were running on the same lines

Comment by SONIE on March 17, 2010 at 22:15

lovely outcome of your hard work............

Comment by Julie Shackson on March 17, 2010 at 19:56

Hi Diane,
After making the silk/linen paper, I machine embroidered the pink flowers and filled them in with paint, then I made lots of machine stitched flowers in polyester and cut them out. Once they were in place, I hand embroidered stamens and added beads. Fiddly but not difficult really once you've got all the bits! The polyester flowers frayed a bit so some lost their edges, but I just saw a post by someone who used a soldering iron to cut out flowers, thus securing the edges (which I will try using next time after stitching the basic shape). Thanks for your comments!

Comment by Dianne Cahill on March 17, 2010 at 19:29

Wow, these are so delicate and gorgeous. Are they easy to do, because it looks quite intricate?