You’ve got lovely flowers growing in your garden – like these pansies perhaps?

And you want to make something that captures their beauty.  How about using the flowers themselves?
Flower transfer or flower pounding, allow you to use the natural pigments in the flower to transfer directly onto paper or fabric.
I’ve taken a flower and laid it face-down on a piece of duppioni silk (cotton broadcloth works beautifully as well):

Cover it with a piece of paper towel and start whacking away with a hammer!  Okay, so you’re not trying to pulverize it… be gentle and tap it

Keep tapping until the …read more