It’s been a fantastic year for autumn colour around here – not only the trees are spectacular, but the wild plants by the roadside, like bracken and rose bay willow herb, have turned wonderful, vivid colours. So this is an attempt to capture their richness in embroidery, concentrating on the smaller plants for a change rather than the trees. Although I hadn’t planned it that way, when it was done it rather reminded me of some of the landscapes of the French Impressionists.
Autumn in Scotland
A technical note: when I started this I knew that it would be a very large design – that is, a design with a lot of stitches – and I was worried that the total stitch number might exceed what the machine would accept. So I digitised it in six different parts, each to a separate file – first the trees at the top and then the five lower “bands” of plants. Then I just loaded all six files into the machine and stitched them out one after the other. As it happened there were only about 70,000 stitches in the whole thing so I could probably have done the whole things as a single file, but I’ll keep the technique in mind, as it might be useful for dealing with really large, complicated designs
Oh, I love it! It was worth all that work. I love the beautiful fall colors. I can totally see this piece as the focal point on a wall in a comfy den/kitchen/common area.
Hi Mia, Your new work of art does indeed remind one of a French Impressionist landscape. It is a stunning tribute to the autumn scenery displaying all of the different colors that we associate with this season.
I know this one was a lot of work and it turned out beautiful. I love the way your fabric compliments the embroidery. Amazing, as usual.
I love it, Mia. I love how there is almost a separation of the colors by layers. It would be great as a wall hanging or as a basket side. Again just wonderful.
Great job, and what a cleaver idea of breaking down the design so not to exceed the stitch count! Your design looks just like the Seattle area with the exception the sky is too blue for this time of year…. drippy until June.