Hello All! This turned out to be a really fun project for a worthy cause! Thanks again to Sue Babbs for posting the information & to Janice Blair for allowing her pattern to be used. I used DMC perle 5 for the weavers, a single strand of Watercolours "cardinal" for each passive & DMC memory wire/thread inside the edge passive pair. I set up on the right side with a Schneeberger-type start that brought me back to the left where I could start the weaving & follow Janice's thread path. Before working the first row, I put in the DMC memory thread using my notes from Mirecourt. Passives were added astride the 1st & 2nd passives inside the memory wire, using a temporary pin. Janice recommended removing additional threads before the end so I discarded 6 pairs, one pair on each alternating row starting at the 8th row before the end. Memory wires were twisted together on each petal to shape, then clipped off. After knotting off & trimming the passives, cut ends were colored with a b! lack Sharpie pen. Poppies actually have tufted centers so it was all good! Both Sue & Janice recommended increasing the pattern by 20% to work with perle 5 & Sue suggested sewing the petals to assemble. My petals are sewn to a three layer sandwich of craft felt, using red Nymo beading thread. A black glass Victorian shank style button was used for the center. Two strands of twisted #26 copper core wire run thru the shank, thru the felt, then thru another button on the back. There was a bit of fudging on my part & it is far from perfect, but I'm happy with the results! My photos are posted to Flickr in case anyone else wants to try this method. When I went to Flickr, I saw that Lin Hudren has posted her RPL poppies! They are wonderful & I'm so glad Arachne members are taking time to contribute. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA
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