Embroidered Knot Gardens

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The best place to start is to look at gardens and see what appeals to you and what you would like to sew.

I like sewing women best so maybe I could look at how I could sew a figure whose dress was made out of leaves and flowers.

How could I turn the image below into an exciting textiles piece?

How about a fun 3D garden with a wall?

Maybe this could be a textiles cloth book where you can see through the layers of the garden?

What do you think?

How about making a garden that's just simplified lines?

You could take a view of a garden like this one and use that pattern to make a decorative piece of embroidery, or you could take a piece of fabric with patterning and use that as inspiration for topiary in an embroidered garden.

How about looking at some Celtic Knotwork for your garden?

Look at how this image uses the idea of knotwork and adds flowers into the piece too!

Rose Garden card 1 by haidabeaver
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What about this Celtic cross? Maybe you could choose some knotwork and think about how to add it into your garden. This complicated knot could be a series of hedges or even ordered brambles. What about thinking about the story of Sleeping Beauty and the roses growing up around the Palace?

Antiqued Celtic Serpent Cross print by haidabeaver
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I love the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe so the idea of a streetlamp used like this really appeals to me!

The Lamppost card by haidabeaver
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This ia an interesting idea. Maybe the blue part of this "garden" might be a pond?

Moonflower print by haidabeaver
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I love this idea of the tree roots being a tangled mess like in the image below. How could you interpret this into textiles?

Tree of Life (original) by IceFaerie
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Have a look at these videos of, Textiles Artist, Owen Davies. He makes some amazing Knot Gardens.

Have a look around at some weird and wonderful gardens.

How can you interpret these into your craft work?

Topiary Arches at Zarcero, Costa Rica by BruceRawles
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