I took a little me time a week or so ago and decided to paint some timtex with watercolors and watercolor pencils, and then machine stitch the piece, and a purple coneflower was born.

4x6 inches.

I started out using watercolor pencils to draw out and color the flower, it was surprisingly easy so long as the tip of the pencil wasn’t sharp. I allowed the colors to dry between applications so that I would have crisper edges.

I then filled in the background using regular watercolors and a brush creating a mottled effect. I let the timtex dry over night.

I then machine stitched the details of the flower using Aurifil Thread. I dropped the feed dogs and used an embroidery foot to free style stitch the details.