Louise Smith

This crescent-shaped dandelion seedhead seemed to be calling out for the “moon” treatment of a purple background to suggest a night sky.  The stem is hand-painted ribbon, glued into place, and everything else is a combination of stitches and glued-on fluffy pieces (technical term).

I talk about how I make the seeds in this old post.  One difference this time is that before attaching the seeds, I ironed them to remove the crimped look you get from splitting the threads.

That’s when my husband walked in.  He has a knack.  “Whatcha doing?”

“Ironing my seeds.”

“All-righty then.”

The ironing also helped me sculpt the shape of the fronds a bit.  It’s like hairdressing on a very small scale.

It’s hard to get really white whites in embroidery because of the shadows the stitches create, so finally I used a few specks of Pentel dye stick in white to help the center of the seedhead stand out.

When I get around to it there’ll be a companion piece, Full Moon.

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