I am very pleased to be an Aurifil Artisan for a second year. It’s a pleasure to work with them as a company and use their fabulous threads. Here is a step by step of my process showing the evolution of my Lavender Field. This has been worked using my favourite Aurifil thread, 50 weight cotton.
2. The first few stitches on my silk painted base.
3. Adding more shades of green for the trees and defining the lavender plants
4.Starting to embroiderer the lavender flowers in the distance
The flowers are worked in a straight stitch at first and I as move towards the foreground I use a small zigzag stitch to make a larger mark to represent each flower. The direction that they lie, the size of stitch and the various shades of purple all add to the realism I aim for.
I try to get movement into my scenes, so you can imagine the lavender moving in the breeze. It’s a living thing and I want it to look alive!
