I'm popping the ghost print down here, for easy comparison.
There's lots more texture in the main monoprint, much easier to see what's happening in the main body of the 'land', It's clear that there are a lot of curving lines, so the stitch reflects that. I like using blanket stitch, it encloses and defines areas of space in a much better way than a running or back stitch is able to. I did use the same thread in these areas on both quilts, but the sky in this main piece reads as much darker than the ghost print, unsurprisingly, so I used a darker thread in the sky. The treatment, though, is the same, seed stitches scattered around the blue areas. I did consider adding linear stitch, but decided that it would distract from what was going on below it, and I didn't want to do that.
So, there you are...two nearly identical landscapes. It's interesting how different the stitch makes them appear, though it's clear that they are related. I've got a couple more monoprints in this palette to work on, and it will be interesting to see how they turn out in comparison with these.
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