I finished my small embroidery based on drawings of viburnum flowerheads. Split stitch and French knots on linen. The third ‘tree’ is perhaps a bit light in tone, but it’s not an exact art when using naturally dyed thread. The linen was dyed with hypericum leaves (from under the viburnum tree in the garden) and the threads were dyed with sloes, bramble branches and Swiss cheese plant leaves. The first two from the garden, the last one from the house.

With a similar colour palette, I’ve been refining my plant form drawings… using India ink and teasel ink. I think these would work well in a small concertina book - all grids seem to point back to folded books at some point!

Common sorrel collected from a local field was one of the first plants I dyed with last summer, but I only dyed cotton lawn then, and had to wait another 12 months for the flowerheads to die back ready to be picked again. It was worth the wait - it’s a lovely, rich range of terracottas and browns, and the colour seems to take well across all materials. The woollen blanket has ended up the exact colour of my dog, so I may dye a larger piece as I like the idea of embroidering a line drawing of him.