embroidery

I’m looking for flowers to accompany the daisy I made, now attached to the correct white ultrasuede.

Option one: sequin flower.  The shape is good, but the size is small, and the pink flash of the ab finish is too much for this.

Option two: petal beads plus the same center as the white daisy.  What I don’t like about this one is the separation of the petals.  I do like having the centers of both flowers the same.  The glass petals are pretty good, as is the overall size of the flower.

Option three: bringing the petals in closely together and using a similar colored drop bead. I like overall shape of the flower better, but now there are no common elements between the two flowers.  I tried to put a few of the s/l topaz beads in the center, and that didn’t work.  These Swarovski flatbacks are too big. Maybe a size 6 in the s/l topaz would be better?

Oh!  Maybe I can graduate from the biggest flower, my beaded one, to the gap-petaled flower, to the smaller flower with the drop in the center.  Crude Photoshopping….

That might work, particularly if I use a s/l topaz bead for the center of the smallest flower.

I think this one is really pretty, definitely substantially different than the prior ones.  It’s also bigger, at about 1″ across its face.

I’m pleased at the shaping and cupping of the petals; that turned out really well.  This is a temporary mount on ivory Ultrasuede, instead of white, so the petals aren’t on tight and you can see loose thread and tails.  I can easily reuse them this way.  The flower center is a 5mm Swarovski flatback.  It’s obscured by the 15 seeds looking at an angle like this, but gives some depth to the flower if looking straight on, a rich gold with some flash.  I have the flatbacks in 6mm too.