by spendlove 30 Jun 2013

I've been playing with this design for a couple of weeks, adding fractional stitches and "french knots" until I liked the look of it. The basic design is two poppies which can be built up into a border (with or without mirroring) or made into a square like this one. I enlarged the design by about 10% because I wanted to stitch it in cotton thread. I've just added a red fabric border and may well continue doing this to make a cushion cover.

There are lots of beautiful wild flowers around at the moment for inspiration. Wild roses and bindweed are next on my list.

1 links:[1] Design can be found here
www.mygardened.com

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by rescuer Moderator 01 Jul 2013

Beautifully done!

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by 02kar Moderator 30 Jun 2013

Lovely. I can never have too many flowers in my stash.

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by noah 30 Jun 2013

very nice i love your cross stitch hugs

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by oaro 30 Jun 2013

looks very nice

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by jenne 30 Jun 2013

I love xstitch designs. nice

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by pldc 30 Jun 2013

this is very pretty Sue & your fabric is a perfect match! hugs Loralye

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by mops Moderator 30 Jun 2013

Very pretty poppies! I'm looking forward to your bindweed - is that the same as morning glory or is the latter the blue variety?

by spendlove 30 Jun 2013

They are similar - bindweed is pink.

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by jussyc 30 Jun 2013

Lovely Sue, I think I might just try some cross-stitch. Jussy :)

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