Back to the Dragonflies.

Here I'm adding a bit of iridescent paint to the water background and also to the wings of the dragonflies.

Next I'm sorting out the threads for the reeds, which I think will be hand embroidered rather than my usual machine stitching. I need plenty of thickness to the reed stems which might be a bit hard to achieve with machine sewing. I could of course stitch with a heavy thread in the bobbin, but that means working from the back which wouldn't be easy with this design. Hand stitching it is I think.