I think this is the prettiest workshop that I have ever been to. Everyone had raided their own, and their neighbours’ gardens, for a good supply of plant material; the tables were covered in multicoloured flowers and foliage.
The process of Flower Pounding is relatively simple but Linda passed on all the tips and tricks that she has discovered that give the best results and soon we were merrily pounding our petals and leaves.
In the morning we sampled our materials to see which specimens worked best and in the afternoon we used what we had learned to make a small composition.
Linda also showed us how a method of flower trapping.
I thoroughly enjoyed the day and was glad that I had decided to go.
Happy Stitching.
6 comments:
Beautiful. I also saw at Kaite's yarn garden that she is steaming silk with the petals rolled inside the silk. I thought that looked very interesting...plus, I liked that it was on silk. Glad you decided to have a play day!!
Sounds like a lovely workshop.
It sounds like you all had a really wonderful play!
Hello Carol - Thank you for visiting my blog the other day and I appreciate your kind words. Sounds like you had a wonderful day. I can imagine how it was with all the flowers brought in. I am going to attend the traditional Japanese dyeing course next month. It's very exciting to learn something new. Take care. Chloe Patricia
beautiful it must have been a fun day for you and I think they are my type of flowers. Thanks Sue X
This is amazing and beautiful. I've always wanted to do it, but never found good instructions.
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