Made naturally

MATERIALS

• Tulle fabric: 25x25cm, white
• Dried flowers used: campion seed head, glixia flowers (pink and white), golden clusters, statice (white), mangles everlasting (white and pink), peppercorn berries (pink), strawflowers (pink) and yarrow (yellow)
• Embroidery hoop: 15cm diameter
• Small, sharp scissors (for cutting and trimming the flower stems)
• Craft tweezers (optional)
• PVA glue and small paintbrush

Olga Prinku specialises in embroidering with dried flowers. There’s no thread used in this project, instead you carefully work the stems of your flowers through the weave of the tulle fabric – as if they were the threads. Like many of her flowers on tulle hoops, this spring arrangement follows a subtle crescent shape – which Olga describes using a clock face in her steps. Before you