Retrospective (5/28/2016)
Patch #145 is a loose rendition of the Zexmenia pictured in the Original Post below ...
Pronounced zeh-MAIN-yah (according to a friend who speaks fluent Spanish), it is known to us as Floodplain Daisy. Don has successfully transplanted a number of them to our rock garden where they happily propagate themselves from year to year ...
In stitching this, I decided to sketch just the center axis of each petal, then free-hand a split backstitch in variegated floss ...
I debated putting veins into each petal, but in the end decided to keep it simple.
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