Brunnera Flower Block
Brunnera is a flower in the Boraginaceae family or more commonly known Forget-me-not family. As with most flowers, there are many species of Brunnera. The best known is Siberian bugloss. Its interesting heart-shaped leaves grabbed my attention so I decided to make a new flower block.
I started out thinking about the 2-tone leaves and how I would create that effect. I practiced a leaf by cutting out two heart shapes, a lighter smaller one to place on top of the darker one.
two leaf sections
Then I used free-motion stitching with a green thread to match the darker fabric to add detail to the leaf. The nice thing about this, if you go a little crooked, no one would know!
creating veins
I made several leaves to create my flower block, then cut out tiny blue flowers to add at the top, adding stems first. I also scattered a few of the flowers around to balance the block.
Definitely a fun block to make and add to my collection of flowers. If you'd like to know more about the pattern, you'll find it here: Brunnera Block pattern
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I really like the this one. The leaves came out great, and the little blue blossoms are charming.
Posted by Anita, 18/02/2020 1:13pm (1 year ago)
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