It’s been far too long since I’ve posted here, which was because of some health problems that stopped me from sitting at a computer. But luckily things seem to be getting better, so here I am again! Unfortunately just at the moment I don’t have much to show here, but there is a BIG project that’s been preoccupying me for a long time.
I don’t suppose many readers will know the city of Dundee, in Scotland, but if you do, you might have visited the little port town of Broughty Ferry, which isn’t far from the big city. There, not far from the banks of the river Tay, is a little cafe where we often have lunch. What I really love about this cafe is that the entrance hall is lined with shelves, which are stuffed with pot plants of every description
The Wall of Plants (or parts of it)
This is only a small section of the wall, but you can see what it's like, and see that a whole room lined with this kind of display would be spectacular!
So I got to work. I drew a big collection of plants in pots, all of different sizes and proportions, digitised and stitched them, and fitted them together into a rectangle. All together I used 19 little designs which, when stitched together, made a wall hanging of about 24 inches wide by 16 inches tall (61 x 40 cm)
And here is the result - at least the result as it is at present
Well, it's a start...
You can see there's a lot still to do. A few of the squares need straightening, the little boundaries between the individual designs need to be stitched in, and there needs to be a wide binding around the whole thing.
And one other thing is niggling at me. Since this has involved such a lot of design and digitising work, perhaps I should have made the whole thing a lot bigger. It wouldn't have involved much extra work, and the result would have been a lot more eye-catching. Oh well, there's time yet and I might just get round to doing a big version. Meanwhile there's a lot of other things to catch up on, and a lot of new blog posts to plan. I hope it won't be so long next time!