Finishing the back of the Lotus Flower Coat

I did rather wonder about how densely to stitch the calyxes for the half-open flowers. I was bothered about stitch direction and stitch choice, and I was full of anxieties about making them work.

And then, lo and behold, I am surprised!

I don’t think I need to do more on these two. You can see that they aren’t by any means identical. The visual weight is in different places, the stems are different, the stitch choices are different. But they have the same “feel”, and when you look at the finished, pressed version, below, I think you’ll agree that it is working nicely.

Of course, now, I have to plan the front….