These cards have been finished for a little while but, because I make two different batches (two themes) at a time in a large hoop, I have to have them all finished before I can cut them out. It would be nice to be a little bit more prepared like I was at the beginning of the year but it's had to take a bit of a back burner, for obvious reasons to long time readers (new baby, for others), and I am on the line with finishing these!
The colours are all very similar as well and, in my mind's eye, I can see the autumn woodland scene I wanted to portray. I think I've managed to capture it - imagine yourself immersed in woodland. Yellowy leaves cover the usual woodland path, turning brown and sludgy as they start to decay and return to the soil. Lifting your eyes from the floor, crispy ochre leaves wave and flutter at you as they cling to the branches waiting for a strong gust to come through and give them a ride to join the others down below. They rise higher and higher, the colours of gold, bronze and russet a kaleidoscope of constant movement as the breeze gently toys with them like fingers running through strands of hair. Patches of dappled sunlight filter through the canopy, lighting up the occasional branch so that it gleams and glows brighter than the rest; one final moment of glory before it will all be gone in a few days' time.
There isn't really a lot of stitching in this one (by my usual standards that is). There is no stitching on the top yellow layer at all and the reddish leaf print layer beneath has just been edged with a flat fancy yarn. The leopard print layer under that has been edged with bullion knots and some rows of running stitch added to the top and bottom to help hold the fabric down, with blanket stitch edging the yellow leaf print layer below.
The bottom layer has been trimmed with the fancy eyelash yarn at the top and bottom, which has then been randomly snipped so that it doesn't have a flat top to it and looks more grass like with different heights and directions. Now that was a messy job with little fibres floating all over the place!
The trees are just felt which have been back stitched all of the way around and infilled with straight stitches to add texture. The leaves were stitched from the tips of the branches in toward the centre and it's just one little over stitch on each leaf (using one strand of thread).
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