Floribunda roses- a little past their prime at the Denver Botanic gardens. Watercolor and ink painting on heavy watercolor paper with machine stitching.
And here is an image of something I must have had in the early 60’s that is reminding me now of my machine stitching into watercolors. The mind works in very strange ways.
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These gorgeous succulents are from the gardens outside the Orchid building at the Denver Botanic Gardens. I painted them with water color, then drew into them with some pencils. Then stitched with machine embroidery.
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I continue to work on the stitched watercolors….and the ideas keep flowing.
2 replies on “Floribunda”
Lori Finney
Gorgeous, Julie!…and LOL I knew that reminded me of something….I had those cards too, though not the exact same ones.
Julie
thanks Lori. I think I did not have these exact ones, but it was the flowers and the idea of sewing cards that I remember!