My contribution to the #tbt ♥ ⬆This can count as my very first hand embroidery piece. Actually, I started out with ribbon embroidery 😅 I liked preparing the background for the ribbon flowers, painting the fabric, and then had few attempts to stitch wild grass with thread. That's when my interest in thread embroidery started developing. 
This hydrangea marks the period when the balance started shifting more to the hand embroidery using cotton floss rather than ribbons. 
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