zondag 3 maart 2019

March ?

Already ?
YES
We had some wonderful springy days
last week :
a lovely Zoo-day with the youngest grandson,
much needed gardening
and even some stitching outside !

Though the cold (and drizzle)
have returned today,
I finished the last bit of a small piece
that really looks like SPRING, I think.

"our beginning"

(cell, sun, earth ? )


I started with a very THIN piece of striped cotton
that was resist indigo dyed, 
of course with some felt as backing.
The theme for last week was "couching":
sewing thick thread (too thick to embroider with)
in one way or another onto the surface.
You often use plain strait stitches,
but in fact a lot of other stitches can do too.
Here I used cross stitches to fix the long floats around the circle.



It was fun to see the light shining through the thin piece



I finished it all with some seed beads and tiny gold specks.





P.S.

Today my dear friend Mo
had the opening of her exhibition
of her wonderful stitching project
in which a lot of our friends were allowed
to participate :

"I dream of a world where love is the answer"

https://www.yumpu.com/en/embed/view/jAPBognX9aze8GcS 

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  1. Wow (((Els))) what a beauty & thanks for sharing the dream!

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    1. ((Mo)) ... OF COURSE I'm sharing the Dream !!!

      (ha, for all those who can't visit the exhibit !!!)

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  2. Wie immer so traumhaft und irgendwie ist es schon fast auch ein bisschen wie Sommer, Sonne Meer...
    Liebe Inselgrüße zu dir
    Kerstin

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    1. Danke Kerstin : man kann sich so verschiedenes dabei denken ... ;-)

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  3. Cool to see the process of this piece!

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    1. Ahhh Hazel, there are moments when I think : it's gonna be rubbish ... but continuing mostly helps ;-)

      Loved that see-through moment (Jude taught us, I think)

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  4. MOOI en zo leuk om te zien hoe je het gedaan hebt.

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    1. Dankje Els
      Dat hebben we allemaal hè : "hoe is het zo geworden ?"

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  5. Love seeing the process, too, and also how it looks held up to the light. You are a master at complexity in a small scale work.

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    1. Thanks Dee !!!
      (we stitchers always love to see the steps)

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