Pressed Plant Embroidery

One night I was laying in bed thinking about trying to recreate botanical illustration with embroidery and suddenly an idea popped into my head: was there a way to attach pressed flowers onto an embroidery hoop?

The next day I couldn't wait to get into my studio and start experimenting. I pressed a lot of different flowers growing in my yard, and once they were dry in a few weeks I tried stitching them onto fabric. I was thrilled with the result but wanted to add actual embroidered elements as well so I overlaid the flowers with tulle and stitched on top of them. Now, every summer I pick plants and flowers from my garden, press them and turn them into embroidery. It's become a beautiful way to memorialize all of the diverse plants growing around my house.