Art is not always a grand plan. This piece was created purely as a test: I wanted to see what was possible with hand-made silk paper. And when I didn't feel like planning a new project for the animation at the cultural heritage centre, I simply embroidered moss onto it. People were crazy about the moss!
You don't have to be perfect, just start to experiment and play!
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Detail 6/n

Another detail of the border. I chose quite deliberately the order of the edging colours bracketing the blue. This shot shows dog rose and rose leaves (for the garden the Victorian renovation of Temple Church reburied William in), and gives a particularly clear view of the trellis couching. The stitching in the border is not classic opus anglicanum - I've used #FishboneStitch for the rose leaves, #LongAndShortStitch for the rose petals, and #FrenchKnots in their centres.

#WilliamMarshall #OpusAnglicanum #SilkThread #TrellisCouching

An embroidery for my folks’ 40th anniversary. Backing is improv crumb quilt, and once I found the bird for the appliqué I improvised the embroidery all around it.

#improvquilting #slowstitching #blanketstitch #frenchknots #runningstitch #beadedembroidery #HappyAnniversary #birb #BirdsOfTheBayArea #birdsofmastodon