lavender pillow

A few weeks ago I shared with you the harvest of my lavender

and the fabrication of scented sachets.

Well I just received the newest PB catalog

and of course it is full of lavender!

No wonder I am, like a lot people(!), a fan of their stuff!

Who is copying who?

Please do not answer that!

There are a few cute pillows

and this one really caught my eye:

so beautiful, embroidered on linen!

So of course I had to make my own version

as I have done with the olive pillows.

See why there was no need to answer the previous question!

I drew some simple lavender stems

and embroidered them using embroidery floss.

I used green 522, brown 407 and 3 purple blues: 340, 3807, 792.

The flowers were embroidered using a double daisy stitch,

called in French point de Berry, a daisy stitch is stitched inside the first daisy stitch.

I then added some extra flowers and leaves,

using some actual lavender as inspiration.

I think it looks pretty good

and Miss C. said it smells good,

the power of suggestion!

Happy sewing!