Working

I have been working on the new "Offerings" and as you can probably tell from the photos, it is going to have a flower shape. It is so much fun to create textures with embroidery. I use a layer of fabric and a layer of batting for each side. The batting is cut to the exact shape. The top fabric, for the upper part of the leaf, is cut larger, so that when I stitch I can slide the top fabric slightly over the batting and anchor it with an embroidery stitch: here I have used French knots and stem stitch. Quite easy but very effective as far as textures go. And again, so much fun!