Another lily and a dahlia

I finished the two coloured lily a few weeks ago. I'm pleased with the overall effect, but it was a lot of work to string all the beads individually, so I'm not sure I want to under take too many more in this style.



I wanted to try a new type of flower so I followed a dahlia pattern in one of my books. This one is also two toned, but the colours are so close that it's not very noticable other than for a very light effect.



At this point, I'm thinking of making a few more dahlias, a dark red one for sure to tie in the colours of the lily, some various little wild flowers, maybe another lily and see what type of bouquet all of those will give me. So far, I do like the two flowers together.



My plan is to have this bouquet finished before my carpal tunnel surgery in two weeks. Wish me luck! After I've had a few weeks to heal, I'm hoping to get back into full swing by late May.