Mexican Tulip

By Ronald Peterson, Viking Sewing Gallery 290
Bellevue, WA
 
 
With free-motion embroidery, it takes a little bit of work to simulate shading.  However, one of the easiest ways to show shading is crosshatching different colors of thread.  Up close, your eye sees a lot of different lines, but if you back up a couple of yards, you get the shading effect.
 
But why a Mexican tulip?  When I was in Puerto Vallarta, I remember seeing this single beautiful bright red tulip in someone’s window box.  I’ve never forgotten how perfect a single tulip can appear.

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