Recently I explained that I hadn't been posting a lot because I'd been working on some large projects, and so didn't have anything ready to post every week. Some readers were kind enough to ask to see what I'd been working on, so today we have one of those large projects. I started it so long ago that I can't quite remember what inspired it, but I must have been intrigued by the different shapes and textures of succulent pot plants, because this is a wall hanging made up of designs of lots of different succulents.
The whole succulent wall-hanging
Two of the little pots
There are 20 separate 4-inch (100 mm) designs, sashed together with fabric that I painted roughly in yellow, and then printed in grey with a home-carved printing block. All the designs are stitched on top of appliqueed pots, and this helps unite all the separate blocks into a single composition. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this, but it will probably go on show in one of our upcoming exhibitions
Nice job! Very bright and cheerful and I love the succulents!
Wow, beautiful! And that was a lot of work. Thank you for posting your progress with your recent obsession.
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Lovely! What a wonderful job you did. The succulents look real. You can see the earth and stones in each pot as well as the curves and folds of the plants!
How delightful. I so enjoy the way you combine dyeing and painting fabric with your embroideries.
The succulents look so real. Thanks for showing them.
Great details!!
This is really a nice project. Thanks for sharing it with us! I love the viewing angle as cacti are so “shapely” from above.