Thursday 13 June 2013

Letter W



W is for Westringia. If you're talking about Australian native plants, the most common species is Westringia fruticosa,  grown in many gardens along the east coast of Australia. It is more commonly known as Coastal Rosemary. As we are coming close to the end of the alphabet, I  have been racking my brain to think of another and different  technique to use in this series of  all fabric tags. This tag is my interpretation of an enlarged Westringia flower which is white, a bit hairy with a greenish centre and orange purply spots on the bottom petals. I made this from the remnants of a damaged table napkin and although I am not happy with the way I blotched the flower markings, here it is, with a printed fabric base and machine embroidered word. 

13 comments:

  1. Clever tag Wilma, very interesting, you have Wonderful plants down under! X

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  2. It's fantastic Wilma, great tag! Valerie

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  3. Love the way the bright green just pops out of the centre - fab! Carolyn xx

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  4. Simply Beautiful work... Hugs May x x x

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  5. Never heard of that flower-- interesting! Very pretty, summery tag!

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  6. It's beautiful and very cleverly done :o)

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  7. I think your flower turned out marvelously. I never think of using fabric for my tags.

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  8. Amazing flower tag Wilma. I really like the colours :0)

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  9. Oh you clever thing, I love the way you created the flower out of a bit of lace from a napkin. Looks really stunning.

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  10. beautiful fabric and embroidered tag ;)

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  11. Clever techniques for your tag. I really like the way you have photographed it on the book.
    Jane x

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