Hedgerow harvest

Hedgerow harvest

Friday 11 September 2020

Wild flowers of the Cotswolds in stitch.

I have been working on this piece for 3 years. Not continually but as July comes around and these flowers are on the ridge in the hay meadow close by. Finally finished it ! The flowers are cushion calamint, scabious, bladder campion, knapweed, ox-eye daisy, and lesser bindweed or convolvulus. The butterfly is a common blue or though they are not so common any more. It is 40 cm x 14 cm - so long and thin, not ideal for photography. Trying to finish a few summer pieces before we get deeply into Autumn.



 

6 comments:

  1. I love seeing your work. Beautiful!

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  2. exceptional ... I especially appreciate the delicately painted (?) stems and leaves ... the perfect backdrop to your fine stitching

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  3. I really love your work. You are an inspiration.

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  4. What lovely work. Well worth 3 years.

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  5. (((Louise))) your flowers are so alive!

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