Things are still extremely hectic at work so I have not handled to almost as much sewing as regular, however, I have actually done a bit occasionally, therefore do have something to reveal you.
As this is the last panel, I can begin checking off the ‘lasts’, beginning with the last sheet of pearlworts.
Here’s the linen piece with the transfers used, installed on the frame and prepared to sew:
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With their centres and sepals:
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The buttonhole stitch outlines for the petals:
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The first colour:
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The second:
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And the third, with the petals completed:
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Finally, with French knots in the centres, to finish them off:
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I thought I’d get the ferns out of the way next.