Popping Poppies

I’ve always loved poppies, mainly the kind that grow naturally in fields. Today there are many different types which as beautiful as they are, they don’t hold the same meaning to me.

obviously the poppies found wild in fields symbolise both world wars, which I admit I am obsessed with. It just grows anywhere and makes a boring meadow or fallow field into something truly beautiful, those small pops of red are just striking.

this new piece I have created is a stylised poppy field image that I hope emulates what I mean. Using a series of stem stitch and straight stitch to create a hay field, dotted with French knot coloured “flowers”. I’ve created poppies using cotton fabric, stiffened with Aleenes fabric stiffener, stitched in the centre with dozens of black French knots. I really hope you all like it.