Thinking of Sunflowers

Snuggled in the far corner at the back of the house away from the sea winds I have managed to grow a sunflower. No mean feat I can tell you.



I have also been thinking of sunflowers in my stitching.

Using one of my Solitary Sunflower kits I have put together a little wall hanging using up some scraps.

Here is the original with simple straight line stitching around the edge of the applique shapes, but I wanted to try something different.

Beginning with the leaves....

I have dropped the feed dogs and put on my darning foot to do some free motion stitching, but I have set the machine to a narrow open zig zag. This is a great stitch to practise free motion because the needle is going from side to side which means it is not running away from you gives you more control.

I have used a variegated thread and gone around the edges twice.

Same for the petals.....

Here are some more sunflower that have been intensively stitched.

Sunflower applique template pattern available to download here and from my other online shops.

Happy Stitching!