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How beautiful!

Wow I absolutely this! The glossiness is gorgeous!

This is beautiful, Susan

It looks great Susan! Are the flowers built up from several layers of stitches?

Somehow I've missed all of these replies - thanks everyone

I don't know what you call the stitch to make the flowers. You make two bars then slide the needle underneath the bars and round and round filling up the circle - a bit like a spiral. You can see the bars ready to be filled in the last photo. The floss for this is a boucle so it gives quite a 3D effect. The centres on top of the petals are made using Pistil stitch which is like a french knot on a stem! So yes you do build up the image over several layers so that the whole thing is slightly raised. TBear the blue does wash off but the fabric has become slightly puckered since washing which is disappointing. Hopefully when I stretch it for framing that will not show too much.

I've really enjoyed working on this though as it didn't take too long and the shiny Edmar Iris thread is beautiful to work with. I got another one for my birthday so will have a try at it soon

wow that's fantastic!

That really is beautiful Susan. I hope the fabric does settle down, I don't see why it shouldn't.

Well done, it's really fantastic!

Wonderful! Well done

That is really pretty!! Great job!!

I've done some embroidery. I like that it's a little more 3D than cross stitch. It is really easy once you pick it up. I had trouble with the boullian (sp) stitch though. I ended up substituting it with another stitch.

A beautiful result Susan -- hope the fabric will spring back into its proper flatness when stretched!

That is lovely Susan, Hope the fabric goes back when strtched.

Lovely finish and I'm sure stretching will sort out the puckering - my SIL has just finished some Noah's Ark embroideries which ended up with much worse puckering than yours and the framer stretched it brilliantly so you can't see it at all.

Absolutely beautiful, Susan!! There's a stitch similar to the one you used on the flowers on the Castles in the Air special stitch version. Can't remember what it's called though.

your work is beautiful. i love the different textures.

Wow Susan. Sorry I missed this since you posted your pictures. They look beautiful. I wish I had the time to try new techniques.

Sorry I missed this until now! Am very impressed... how do you know what kind of stitch to use where? Is it in the instructions?

Very striking work!!

Louise

I missed this completely What a fantastic finish, and the way the flowers are built up is fascinating

Susan, your work is very beautiful

That's beautiful!