Nature Scene

Here's the finished result, Dot! It was fun to stitch!! :)

My nature scene turned out great! It has a calming and peaceful effect! I embroidered the flowers first and then the water pond over the flower stem roots. The clouds and sun are stitched directly on the fabric also.

The birds and butterflies are stitched on two layers of polymesh alone. I cut out around them and used a stencil burner to melt the remaining stabilizer around the edge. To make them a little stiffer, I sprayed starch to the back of the designs.

On the machine, I tacked down the bodies of the birds and butterflies. Their wings can flap around to signify flying.

The swans are also stitched on two layers of polymesh, cut around and edges melted. They are also tacked on with clear thread. One is a little smaller and behind the other. This adds to the depth of the picture.

And of course after all the embroidery is complete, the entire wall hanging is stippled! Stippling adds texture to the background and allows the embroidery designs to puff out!

You can see some close up photos here.

I'll be posting some more project photos this week...