The first peach blossom to appear is always an exciting discovery. It's pale pink petals look so delicate & fragile against the solidity of the wood branches. The leaves are also delicate when they first emerge in their fresh lime green newness.
This year they appeared just as grey & miserable weather was about to hit Adelaide. The pink stood out beautifully against the grey sky as well as the grey corrugated roof of the neighbour's house.
Using photos as a reference, I began by making a few sketches, exploring both line & colour.
Once settled upon a design, a rummage through the fabric stash eventuated in these choices & I was very happy with how the colours sang together.
Before starting on the fun...flowery...part, I needed to create a corrugated roof like background with my grey fabric.
The process continued with sewing the design through the layers & then cutting back...and cutting back...and cutting back some more!
This was the result after all that cutting, but it wasn't quite complete yet.
The addition of embroidery & beads finished it off nicely.
I love the flow of the purple lines, the colour choices and in particular, that green silk. It is one of those fabrics that I wish I'd bought a million metres of, because it has proved to be so perfect for so many different projects. Sadly, there's not a lot left now! Sigh! Such is life.
Because of the square format I felt as if I had to squish the design up a bit to fit. Of course, it wasn't until afterwards that I realised I could have rotated it & placed the blossom across the diagonal!!!!
This is an exercise. I am always learning!!
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