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Seeing red

 



I've been cracking on today with my latest project, based on an illustration from this wonderful book.  I decided to do a patchwork version of this page (top photo) with its vivid red background, the splash of white and flowers on the right side of the picture.  A lot of cutting, sewing, slicing into and rearranging later, here's my pieced fabric.  It was all trial and error, making shapes fit together, just finding something that was pleasing to my eye.  
I think it'll end up being a wall hanging of some sort.  




Now, you're thinking 'hang on, where's the hare?'.  Well, I'm imagining embroidering several little hares running friskily across this panel.  Maybe using a gold metallic thread.  I'd like to embroider flowers and leaves too, though my stitchery isn't advanced much beyond beginner level.  I can do a running stitch and chain stitch, but need to learn some other fancier techniques.  But I like the thought of lots of hand-stitching and quilting, really working into the panel, and giving it lots of extra interest.  Possibly even adding a few tiny beads?  
What do you think?  

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