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November 27, 2008 by: admin

Crossing over…

…from one medium to another. A while back I did a little pastel sketch of some purple flowers, and mentioned at te time that I might use it as a basis for a silk ribbon embroidery.

 

So when we went away a few weeks ago, I packed my embroidery box, slapped some paint on some fabric, and ended up with this:

srf

The photo isn’t brilliant, the acrylic wash is more vivd in real life. If I were to do this again, I would use silk embroidery floss, rather than the heavy thread I used here, but it was all I had at the time! I’m quite happy with how the flowers turned out, using three different shades of purple ribbon.

 

I also used the drawing as a starting point for a little watercolour:

wcf

If I had my time over with this one, I would add more depth to the flowers, and possibly layer the sky & grass a bit more, for interest.

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  1. Skipper says

    November 27, 2008 at 8:12 am

    This was the one I was supposed to comment on….
    This is really lovely. I love ribbon embroidery. Are you a newbie at it or been doing it a while?

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Hi! I'm Rachel. I love making things & experimenting with new techinques & mediums. I am addicted to pretty paper, and make & sell letterpress stationery. Being creative is my sanity break from the rush of life as a wife, and a mother of four. I do a lot of my creating without shoes. This is the story of where my bare feet & creative heart take me.

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