In the picture of the “hoods” (otherwise known as the green biohazard symbol), the hoods had a little turnover in white on their outside, and then the interior in green.

I simplified this, giving the shape of the hoods in silver (to represent white) and just giving the shapes of the hoods.

They were very small to work with. I found that since a number of couching stitches were needed to direct the passing thread, they were quite visible.

I went back over with some green Satin Stitches to cover part of these couching stitches.

I then outlined the edges of the SnowDrop in silver passing.

Luckily it is at the border of the piece, or the resulting blood may have ended up on the canvas. Getting the passing thread through the canvas, even using a needle grabber, is a bit of a pull. I can rarely get it through without using a needle grabber.

Sally worked out why some of my photos are fuzzy, even the camera says they are in focus. I’s me – I have a slight tremour. Ooops. At least the photo with the close-up of the hoods (and satin stitching) came out clearly – that’s the one I really wanted to show.