Butterfly Banquet 2022 Part 2

 Butterfly Banquet 2022 Part 2

After my nautical exploits I am returning to Terra Firma. Time to do the Colouring.

Yellow Centre

 This was the simplest part. I just got a Non Toxic Yellow Pen and Coloured in the Centre.

Gala Show

 

I then proceeded to colour in the Petals. The sponge had come off a Bingo Pen so I decided waste not want not and used that. I applied it using a Brush. It doesn’t matter if it was toxic or not as this is a display only creation.

Speckled Centre

 As a neat way to get some of the Ink of the Brush I added a few Speckles to the Centre of the Bloom. I now need to let the whole thing dry.

Green Background

 I could have Drawn Leaves but I decided just too completely fill in the Background with Green.

Butterfly Banquet 2022

Butterfly Banquet 2022

First of all I have to say I can claim no praise for this idea as it is not my own. I was given as a present a subscription to a well-known wildlife charity.

As I was flicking through I came across the concept for making a Butterfly Feeder. Though designed as something to occupy children I couldn’t help myself.

Inverted Dish

 

First of all you need a Paper Plate. I didn’t have any in stock. Therefore I decided to use a Paper Dish. Now the Inside of the Dish is Shiny and unlikely to hold Colour well. So I simply Inverted or simply put turned Inside Out so I could work on it.

Centre

 

I didn’t want to bore you with lots of photographs so this is a two part one. I found the Centre and hand drew a Circle. I did this by eye rather than mess about with measuring.

Next I added some Petals. I had no particular Flower in mind so I decided to add them Compass Style. I.e. North, East, South, West. When I was at school we learnt the compass points to the phrase ‘Never Eat Shredded Wheat’. However apparently that isn’t allowed anymore and now it is ‘Naughty Elephants Squirt Water’.

Extra Petals

 

Once the main 4 Petals were drawn I simply filled in the Gaps. As well as making a Feeder this is a pretty good way to teach Children the Compass.  The remainder points starting from the Top Right are of course.

North East, South East, South West, and North West. Thankfully I am not adding the others but for those that might want to add a few Leaves here is the rest.

North North East, East, North East, East, South, East, South South East, South South West, West South West, West North West and finally North North West. Who says my blogs aren’t intelligent?

More Blooming Flowers 2019 Part 2

More Blooming Flowers 2019 Part 2

I am not having a good week. Apart from being ill my Embroidery has taken a beating due to being beset with problems.

Pencilled Leaves Complete

First I had to go around the whole Cloth and go over the Leaves in Pencil. I finally managed to complete all the Leaves in their different colours.

Faint Lines

I could now move on to colouring in the Petals. However as soon as I took a look out had to come the Pencil again.

Blurred Transfer

If that wasn’t bad enough some of the Transfers must have slipped whilst being put on as in the above photograph

Blurred Part Pencilled

This is tricky. I am slowly going over each individual Petal. I am trying to get it as accurate as I can by comparing it to other Transfers that aren’t as Blurred.

Petals Too Close?

I think I have done mostly okay on this Bloom but I am not happy with the Bottom half of it. I think the last few Petals are a bit too close together.

I think that when it comes to filling them in I will have to adjust the Pattern slightly.

Boxes Galore 2018 Part 5

Boxes Galore 2018 Part 5

I have entitled this Box my Flower Power Box because of its flowery pattern.

Flower Power Box

I have decided on a change of colour. I am starting with Red, Bright Pink and Pale Pink

Inner Petals

After the initial Inner Petals were finished using a Red, Pale Pink and Bright Pink I changed the order.

The alternative Inner Petals were Bright Pink, Red and finishing with the Pale Pink

All around Inner Petals

Now I had the basic pattern on all the Inner Petals I needed to join them up. This involved adding two extra Gems on the longer Petals.

Towards the Centre

I continued the process of adding extra Gems working towards the Centre.

Full Bloom

Once I had finished the Inner Petals I could start work on the Outer Petals. In addition to using the Red and Pink Gems I also added a Pale Purple. This helped spread out the other Gems and gave me flexibility when it came to designing the pattern.

There were two other possibilities with this Box. I could add more to the Centre and I could also put Gems around the Square lid. In the end I decided that less was more. Next blog is a new Box with a new pattern.

What Blooming Flower Is It? 2018 Part 6

What Blooming Flower Is It? 2018 Part 6

I know by now you are well familiar with the process so I am going to try and make this more of a Photo Blog starting with the Leaves.

Leaves

I used the same technique of using multiple colours for the Leaves.

Yellow Problem

Oh dear I have run out of the Yellow thread

Two Tone Yellow Close up

A Good Match I think.

Crocus Corner Orange Outline

This time I have gone for Orange

Crocus Corner Orange Outer Petals

Some of the Orange is edging on the Red side so is making a great contrast.

Crocus Corner 4 Orange Complete

The corner maybe complete but it isn’t finished yet.

What Blooming Flower Is It? 2018 Part 5

What Blooming Flower Is It? 2018 Part 5

Two corners down two to go. Since the first pair of corners were quite dark in nature being Purple and Blue I wanted a change.

Crocus Corner 2

I am going to start work on Crocus Corner 2 beginning once again with the stems.

Crocus Corner 2 Leaves

 

I was still undecided what colours to use so I carried on with the Leaves

Crocus Corner 2 Yellow

Once again I edged the stamens in Yellow. I had toyed with using a different colour but in the end I decided to stick with what I had done previously

Corner 2 is in the Pink

Finally I decided to use Pink threads and did the outline in various shades

Crocus Corner 2 Outer Petals

I had quite a bit of fun with the Pink Crocuses or should that be Pink Croci?* I had lots of shades so I went  from quite vivid right through to pale.

Crocus Corner 2 Yellow infill

As I said last time I was getting bored with finishing with the yellow infilling of the stamen area. Therefore this time I reverted to the original format.

Crocus Corner 2 Pink Complete

Here we are with another corner finished. Actually due to lighting problems and the boredom of the Yellow infilling I have been naughty. I have been simultaneously working on Crocus Corner 4

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For those wondering Crocuses and Croci are both acceptable.