what I've been working on
This piece is a bit less than 3 inches in diameter, the edges of the flower petals are worked in buttonhole stitch, over wire. The middle petals have a section of detached leaves, also worked over wire (this was a pain to do by the way) and I learned an important lesson, do your french knots *before* doing your woven picots. (they get tangled, and telling someone that your french knots are all tangled in your picots simply sounds dirty, dirty, dirty)
Here's the back
Doing stem stitch, on top of detached buttonhole, was not my smartest decision. (though it does look good) there was a lot of bleeding on that one.
Here's a detail of the gilt silk twist (it's fun to play with) on the back of the petals.
