I did a test to see if white watercolor paint would show up on a painted surface, much to my delight it did! I’ll machine stitch this piece later this week.
Purple Coneflower
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.
Queen Anne's Lace Study
I made this piece several years ago, when I was creating my Prairie Stitched Stories pieces. I like these enough that I'm thinking of creating more of them, only pushing the story aspect further this time.