folded silk

I chose to draw a bearded iris and after replicating a memory of an iris I grew many years ago, which was a shade of apricot and pale green I painted the shape using my newly acquired gouache paint set !!. Using a piece of vintage heavy silk the folds and tucks seemed to flow. i used only a very few small stab stitches to hold the design into place.

Sorry simple explanation for something I found to be flowing and fun and using folds and silk is something I would like to return to again and again !