Embroidery Contest 2009

This customer sent in photos of her project entitled "Meeting of the Flowers". She writes:

"The cutwork was done with your cutwork poppy design, 'Poppy Lace'.
The project was stitched on a Brother PR-600 II machine.
I was inspired by traditional Hungarian needlework to design a dress that combined cutwork and embroidery. The 3 tiered skirt and cape like collar each consist of 2 layers of silk charmeuse, one in red and one in black. The charmeuse is edged in cutwork. The cutwork motifs were combined and edited in software to fit my large hoop and then embroidered using water soluble stabilizer. After the edges were embroidered, floral motifs were embroidered around each tier of the upper skirt and collar. All of the embroidery has also been backed with silk organza to provide extra body and strength for the silk charmeuse.The pattern pieces were then cut out and assembled into the dress."