I was trying to reply to each comment, thinking my response would show up under the comment but it does not, so I m going to say thank you all for the lovely comments, from all of you!
The poppies are a combination applique, for the petal shape, a bit of thread work, then painted with more thread work. The finished project will be at least 1 of not 2 wall hangings.
It is the most fun I have had working on a project since the creation of the fire quilts. The avatar is one one of them. Often it is my favorite because it really captures the essence of fire for me.