I'm having a go at free-machining some cow parsley now because I always liked the dry heads. This grows at the side of the road in Donegal where my son lives. It might be giant hogweed - there are so many variations and they all look similar. Anyway I sprayed it with 'snow' for Christmas and it's been on the hall table ever since.
I'm using water soluble Avalon and some linen string for the stem.
I carried the string on up through two of the stems (not sure what you call those parts) - wish I'd done all of them with the string.
Not that happy with the colour of the variegated thread I used as there was orange in it that I couldn't see on the reel.
They look more like palm trees to me at the moment!
4 comments:
I like your cow parsley, it looks good sprayed white I always have great difficulty with water soluble fabric, looking forward to see what you are going to do with your embroidered cow parsley, Ali
Hi, I was doing a page in my C&g book today, remember those. I was drawing a grape hyacinth for my latest piece and printed a few using your trick with the cotton bud for the flowers...it turned out really well, so thanks for that, ali
That's good. I think I picked that trick up from a children's art book. I'm going to be using that cotton bud trick again very soon!
Love the cow parsley theme!
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