One of those ideas that worked better in my head....

I really can't work out whether or not I like this

Half of me is really proud of it, as it's my first ever attempt at embroidery (although, to be fair, this is more darning than embroidery...) and I think it turned out pretty neat and tidy.

But on the other hand I was aiming for an arty mini quilt. But it just looks to me like something you'd expect your granny to make. Not very edgy :)



Anyway - it doesn't really matter if I like it, as long as the CJ recipient (Efemera) does :)

One thing I am pleased with is the silk that the embroidery is sitting on - I dyed that myself and I like how it came out.

The flower was hand drawn and then filled in with variegated embroidery threads in a darning stitch (a bit like weaving over the surface of the fabric). It took forever! But at least I could do it sitting in front of the TV.

And there's even a bit of machine sewing on there too - I'm slowly getting less scared of the machine :)