the sun

It's Sunday today.

Nót that there was much sunshine :

it rained quite a lot the better part of the day

(though in the end the sun really came out)

No it was "Sunday" because I was working on my new 

SUN piece

Yesterday I stitched the other half of the sun together.

Today I had to tackle the problem

what I would use as background.

(no, it is definately not going to be part 

of the big "Diaries-cloth")

It will stand on it's own.

After a lot of try-outs I decided to use 

the funny fabric I dyed with Procion two years ago

It is very loosely woven and there are strips stitched on in swirls.

I initially bought this to use in some felting project,

(but it was still in the drawer)

I placed the sun on quite a big piece

it's  about 105 cm wide 

There will be a border of very special denim pieces

(from someone else)

I put some other thin blue fabric behind it for more stability

since it's so big

It took a lot of puzzling and deciding about the rest

Of course : some weaving !!!

.... so far, so good ...

I must confess that it doesn't look like a day's work

but in fact it is ...

And on top of that :

the big problem with me is, that when I'm "in the flow" (of creating) 

there isn't much attention for anything, or anyone, else ...

(Ahhhhh Man had to wait for his supper,

I totally tend to forget things like that when I'm "busy")

(to be continued)