Beading a Helenium for my September leaf caused me to inspect the flowers closer.
The way the centres develop is fascinating as they start with a brown dome across which waves of yellow pollen spread until a sphere is created. I love beading a bead and knew the same technique would work well as a centre. I just used a felt bead and covered it three quarters of the way.
I decided to needle felt some background flowers before adding bright red beads for the petals.
The final addition was a picot edging.
The branches are filling up and I've got some fabric for the background but apart from embroidering the stems I'm still not sure how to add the months and names of the flowers. Any ideas?
Perhaps a border or tags, printed or sown. Well I have a few months to play around :) Happy days.
