G is for Grevillea ... This is my personal favourite in our garden - Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' . It is a wonderful spreading shrub with pendant sprays of spectacular red flowers all year round. This hybrid plant was named by David Gordon for a family member who tragically died aged 16 in 1969.
My tag is fabric. The watermark is made by a Robyn Gordon flower stem, crushed onto the fabric, then coloured with permanent markers, softened with alcohol, and then top stitched on the machine.
I hope you won't mind if I also sneak in my F tag from last week... Ficus macrophylla - Moreton Bay Fig , best known for its buttress roots. The photo doesn't show very well that I have padded some of the roots using the technique of trapunto quilting. The fabric was a previously dyed, then I made a stencil cut from freezer paper and applied decolourant and stitched the outline. Hoping I can improve my form and make the H tag earlier in the week....
Nice job on both! The F tag is very dramatic!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tags, and it is really interesting to learn about your exotic Australian plants.
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Beautiful tags and plants - nothing like that in my garden! Valerie
ReplyDeleteI love the textural look of your f tag's roots but the colours and form of your G tag is fabulous! :0) Mo
ReplyDeleteBoth fantasdtic tags. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful tags Wilma but the H tag is my favourite. Stunning and delicate you have captured the real thing beautifully.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tags. What a fabulous plant grevillea is! I don't recall seeing it before. Carolyn x
ReplyDeleteWow! what a beautiful plant the Grevillea is ...so colourful! both your tags are beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, I nearly missed this - I thought I'd done all the G's! So glad I didn't though - it's stunning. I love your techniques, they give such depth to the flower. The colours are beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteGreat F tag too, and once again, fab techniques you're using. I'm looking forward to your choice of plant for next week!
I nearly missed this too, I'm so glad I came back to check! These are both stunning, I especially love the colours and the stitching on the first and the moodyness of the second, Jane xx
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