Slow Stitching Sunday
There were two things that contributed to my creating this. First, was learning a new technique. That does not happen frequently these days. I have been a fibre artist for over 20 years and I love to research so I have a very broad knowledge base. Check out the videos starting with this first one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYm4pDs40s I loved the idea of this because of the colour and texture. The second thing that informed the start of this piece is that I did my trunk show this week. That got me looking at some of my older pieces and reminded me of some lovely stitching/quilting I inherited from my husband's Aunt Pat. I have repurposed some of that stash that I inherited but I would like to do more of that. The base of this piece is an embroidered quilt block that Aunt Pat had started but not finished. I hand-stitched on small pieces of fabric and lace. In the video, they used dyes and paints next but I want...