A Poppy Casket.

For a long time I had been cross stitching being sure that surface embroidery, including needlepainting is for the select ones. Until one day I came across a needlepainting masterclass by Mary Corbet (please visit her blog – needlenthread.com). That’s where it all started.

A sampler of needlepainting

I found the idea of a collapsable casket in a magazine (I think it was ‘Inspirations’), downloaded poppy drawings and… understood that really all things are difficult before they are easy. (In Russian it is a bit different: “What the eyes fear, the hands do”.) Usually I’m really nervous when starting something new, especially using a new technique. But let me just start and there will be no stopping me.

So here is what I got:

Needlepainted poppies

 

The large needlepainted poppy

 

Finished casket

On the inside the casket is lined with decoupaged fabric. The box contains a needle cushion made of felt. All the sides are collapsable and are decorated with an embroidery of three poppies.