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The petals are coming along nicely.  Haven’t gotten back to flower or background yet.  Now that the holidays are over, I can settle in for the winter.  I know, Philly winters aren’t THAT bad!!

The petals in the forefront are using a more sparkling combination of Neon Rays + (NP02) by Rainbow Galleries & Trebizond (TRA125) by Access while the receding petals are muted by using Grandeur Silk Pearl #5 (G802) by Rainbow Galleries & a subtly overdyed Watercolours by Caron (131).

The entire area will use 3 Wildflowers by Caron (a combination of 037, 152, and 158) with DMC Cotton Perle #5 (823) couched on with DMC floss (823). The thread is thin enough to allow the canvas to show though.

The dark green area uses Wild Hairs (WH001) from The Thread Gatherer couched using Anchor floss (280). The light green uses DMC #5 Cotton Perle (734) and Kreinik Very Fine #4 braid (3228).

“Sun Flower” is a painted canvas selected at Fireside Stitchery in Frazer, PA for a David McCaskill workshop.  I thought it was a sun until David said it was a flower! Thus, it is named “Sun Flower”.