Here's a bright pot of flowers that featured a few weeks ago in a photo taken at our annual NEOS exhibition (NEOS is North East Open Studios and it's a big annual art event in this part of Scotland) The piece is nice enough but to be honest I was a little disappointed with it. That's because I had intended to develop all sorts of exciting new cutting-and-stitching techniques to make the blossoms really flamboyant, and to make them stand out from the background. But as usual time was short and the exhibition date was rushing up a lot faster than I'd thought, so in the end I just used plain old ordinary techniques to do the flowers. Oh well, it's nice and colourful, and I can always re-do the flowers with exciting new techniques if I ever have the time to work them out!
Colourful, but ordinary!
Well, the holidays are almost upon us, and like me you probably have a lot of things besides embroidery to occupy your mind. So I'll take a break from blogging until the New Year, and in that time I want to work out a new way of using the blog, and of presenting designs. In particular I want to start including a lot more freebies, as well as some interesting new projects, so I hope you'll still be with me when I start writing again in 2020. Meanwhile, all my best wishes for a happy and peaceful holiday season
Hi Mia, What a fun, colorful, and fanciful vase of flowers. Love the various color combinations that you used on the various flowers displayed in the vase. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and look forward to all of your new blogs in 2020.
Hi Mia, thank you for a tiny piece of summer in this cold winter time.
Enjoy your time and looking forward to inspiration in your new blogs in 2020.
The flowers are just what I needed. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful holiday and “see” you next year.
Judy
I love your cheery flowers! Just what I needed on a very cold and snowy day. I always look forward to your blog posts and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for 2020.
Happy Holidays!
Your flowers are very cheerful happy looking. The vase looks realistic with darker edge. Looking forward to your blog in the New Year.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hi Wishing you Happy New Year and
Thank you for the beautiful designs
Joyeuses fêtes Mia et à l’année prochaine!
Beautiful flowers! Merry Christmas!
I think they’re gorgeous! But I understand about all the things in your mind you want to try but time or energy runs out before they are realized.
Do you keep notes about what you want to revisit if/when you ever get time away from exhibitions and commissions? I’m trying to figure out a notes system that will help me remember all my ideas but also be easy to flick through when I’m trying to prioritize.
Your designs are always wonderful. Thank you for sharing your art and your process with us!