A couple of weeks ago I posted the picture of a small experiment looking at embroideries from the point of view of negative space. It was a simple idea but I liked the results so I did a large panel in the same style. The fabric was just painted splashily with red, green and yellow in the approximate positions of flowers, leaves and flower centres, with a little blue as a contrast. The background was then filled in with simple running stitching in a roughly concentric arrangement. The vase is just a piece of painted fabric appliqueed on
Painted flowers, embroidered background
Marji Piech, a blog reader, pointed out that the background is sort of like the stippling that quilters do, which is an interesting comparison. She suggested that another pattern of background stitching might be worth trying, and I will certainly see what I can do with the idea
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