Working with a pattern
I’ve been doing nothing except doodling the last few days. I do a few leaves, I learn a couple of new stitches and I play with these basic blackwork shapes. Here is the progress on blackwork doodle to...
View ArticleStill working…
I’m still working on this project. I’ve started doing some very basic lettering. But this is the point in time photo I took yesterday before the sun went down or I rushed out the door to somewhere...
View ArticleFinished except for finishing
I think I’m done with the stitching on this small project. I’ve got the lettering done, too. Not all that I hoped for, but given the space limitations and my abilities…about what I should expect. The...
View ArticleMore play with shapes
There are so many shapes that came to mind from the little project I stitched last week that I haven’t been able to leave the ideas. However, I have had no success in stitching out what I see in my...
View ArticleTrying again
I’m trying a little more with this piece. Many thanks to Marg at Maggie’s Textiles! She had just the right words to keep me stitching a little longer on this. While stitching more concrete ideas came...
View ArticleMore purples and a second green
I’ve been playing around with this darning pattern shape piece from a few days ago. At this stage it has two more purples and a second green. The second green seems much better than the thread I tried...
View ArticleTwo more patterns
Two more patterns have been added to this darning pattern piece. The blue is composed of four shapes over lapping by two threads in the center. The purple pattern is composed of two shapes one hidden...
View ArticlePlaying with shapes
I was at loose ends in my stitching this weekend. It’s not that I didn’t have several “should” projects on the table. But I couldn’t seem to get anywhere with any of them. I got a few steps further on...
View ArticlePlaying with balance
I’ve been worked with the embroidery design from Monday’s post in the last few days. The photo below shows the current state of affairs. I’m feeling uncertain about what is happening with the balance....
View Articleworking with balance
Earlier this month I did a couple of posts (here and here) on a design I stitched. The piece seemed out of balance to me. I started working on the balance with scissors, paste and a lot of great ideas...
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