Day 8- Part 2-Summer Stitching Challenge

The next flower in the series that I have chosen to do is the marigold and as I enjoyed it so much, I have used crayon tinting again. I always loved colouring in, so maybe this is my second childhood.

So first of all I coloured in the flower and leaves

Then using the ironing on top of some kitchen paper, I fixed the crayon

Now it was time to chose the threads. I chose DMC threads 742 orange yellow,742 orange and 3346 green.

The small petals at the top of the flower I stitched using lazy daisy stitches. This is a stitch I haven't used for a very long time. The larger petals were outlined in split stitch and the highlight lines done in backstitch.
For the stems and leaves, the outlines were stitched using stem stitch and the veins I used split stitch.

I have one more in the series to stich, but that is something for next week.

Now I still have time to do something else. Time to have a cuppa and decide what to do next.