Past embroidery #2

These mini embroideries (about A6 in size) I created while relaxing on holiday a couple of years ago.  They were produced mainly using hand embroidery chain stitch and french knots and finished using a satin stitch on the sewing machine.

Once again with hind sight I really should have used some stabiliser as the backgrounds creased and puckered somewhat...

Anyway, they were inspired by an old embroidery design I found in an old stitching magazine although with my own artistic licence they ended up looking very different in terms of colour, scales and proportions and the details I added.