equinox

For us it's the start of spring

for others (in the southern hemisphere)

it's the start of autumn,

day and night are of equal length

The cycle of the year

the cycle of the seasons

the cycle of life

"Equinox"

Last week's stitches that were in the TAST-challenge,

were the French knot and the pistol stitch
(=  a French knot with a tail )

and I used those in the "Cow parsley" piece

that I showed before.

This week we got no new stitch :

a "catching-up week" 

for beginners or stitchers that got behind otherwise ...

We're supposed to have FUN

and certainly not stress, when stitching !!!

So a very good reason for me to do another French knot piece

(and why not use the equinox as a starting point for that)

This time a LOT of them !

For this sun I almost ONLY used yellow (-ish) threads

from several thread nests or from some already threaded needles

that were lying around.

(yes, there are skeins and balls, no, didn't used them)

19 - 3 - 19 ... (still stitching)

The TAST- challenge unleashed

a true fever :

a stitch - fever,

I don't think it was ever this severe

(but still love it !)

"the BLUES are not that bad"

Another small (tiny ?) piece

that is only 10 x 10 cm

(4 x 4")

working on it

I love the differences in shine and texture

of the threads

(cotton, silk, rayon)

wordless Wednesday

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"

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