Madame Guérin personally paid for the British consignment because the Legion was so poor and was reimbursed after the Armistice Day distribution.įield Marshal Douglas Haig’s 1921 Poppy. After taking her idea to Field Marshal Douglas Haig and the British Legion, Madame Guérin’s poppies (made by the widows and orphans/women and children of the devastated areas of France) were distributed on British streets on 11 November 1921 – on the country’s first Poppy Day. It all started with Madame Guérin’s ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ idea. They are reproduced here with permission from Collette Olivia Hunter ©ġ921: MADAME GUÉRIN. Collette’s work has been likened to that of the artists and illustrators Sir Quentin S. These illustrations formed a small part of the work submitted by Collette, for her Edinburgh College of Art Masters Degree in Illustration. Inspired by the history of The Poppy Factory, Collette created several illustrations and this is her Poppy Lady Madame Guérin and her 1921 British Remembrance Poppy, made by the widows and children of the devastated areas of France. These two beautiful pieces of art (shown above, adjoining) were created by Collette Olivia Hunter. Reproduced with permission from Collette Olivia Hunter© Use floss or thread and do a running stitch between the edge of the pin setting and the outer border.Inspired illustrations of Madame Guérin and her 1921 British Remembrance Poppy. They can be used as a distraction!ĭMC: 1 strand G2 and 1 strand B1 together in the needle.Ĭut the poppy out along the outer border (approximately. The French knots are very useful if the thread painting is a little wonky. Scatter single wrap French knots randomly on the petals around the green centre. I decided I liked 7 stitches, but you can make as many as you like.

Add straight stitches (or bullions) from the edge of the green centre towards the French knot. If you do bullions, use a single strand of DMC or 3 strands of Piper's.īefore adding straight/bullion stitches, first make a single wrap French knot in the middle of the satin stitched centre. I did bullions on my first examples and straight stitches on the rest.

Switch to G2 for the stitches on top of G1. Outline the centre with split stitch in G1 and satin stitch over the top with G1. I also used the black stitches on petals 1 and 2 to help define the edges of 4 and 5 by putting stitches right along the edges of the upper petals. Notice that I made sure to leave the edges of petals 4 and 5 red. (The version of the Piper's poppy I stitched does not have black accents, but they could be added.) Piper's Floss Silk version with completed redsĪdd scattered B1 stitches along the bottom edges of all the petals (right over the top of the underlying red stitching). Primarily R1 especially along top and edges. Optionally, trace the green and blue lines.Įnsure R3 is along the edges of the adjoining petals.Įnsure R3 is along the left edge to create contrast with petal 5.Įnsure left and right edges of petal are R1 to create contrast with underlying petals. In summary, trace the black outlines, the outer red dotted line (no, you don't need to replicate the dotted part!), and bits of the inner red line. Wanted to know where the top of the design was located. Iįound the top one useful when I was mounting into the pin setting when I

Use for aligning the design on the ground fabric. Lines when you prepare to mount in the setting. A running stitch will be stitched between the two red dotted Line is the cutting line and should be traced, but it can be a Making the running gathering stitch and also with mounting. 'compass points' (north, south, east, west). Youĭon't need to trace all of it, but I found it useful to trace the The inner line is the outer edge of the bezel/internal mounting disc. Stitch direction for the petals (tracing optional). There are lots of colours on the pattern.

Silk remembrance poppy