The pillowcase design I have shown to you

and have been embroidering on for the past few weeks,

(click on photos for a better view)

is finished! It is full of flowers, blossoms, and vines.

It looks like a crewel design, but it worked up perfectly in regular hand embroidery stitches.........

don't you think?

 

As  I stated in earlier posts, I did not have the colors already picked out.............

I chose the colors as I moved along from leaf to flower............

trying to keep the colors different..............

yet, trying to make them all blend and balance for the design.

There was such an array of different petals................

and leaves....................

 and even a shy snail, gliding along..............

and a butterfly darting above it all.

I placed this design in the very center of the pillowcase............

and embroidered a smaller design on the very edge.

a pretty tulip or rose looking flower..........

with  a spray of daisies.

This allows the embroidery to be seen as on top of the pillow, with a pretty embroidered edge.

Now I am in the process of deciding on what crocheted edging I want to place on the very edges. I am not sure if I will place a fabric inlay on the edge..............

What do you think?