...or, more precisely, a lap quilt top and some quilting on small pieces. I'm having a shoulder break ( I don't know why I sew with my shoulders, but I do...), and showing you one of the small pieces. This is one of the 'Cracking Up' images that I took a couple of years ago, intending a series. This one, an image of a very old brick wall, has been manipulated and printed out on Evolon. I'm really grateful to Dale Rollerson ,who, some time ago, sent me a load of her variegated threads to try; I'm using them here, and they are lovely...great colour combinations, gloriously subtle. They definitely did the job here ( I used Barrier Reef and Cradle Mountain on this piece, and they worked beautifully). The only other thread I've used on this piece is a dark Madeira metallic, to emphasise the crack in the wall, and some dark madeira rayon in the bobbin. I don't think it looks quite so much like a wall now; more like an inner landscape. The colours may be gentle, but the stitch is spiky and sharp; I'll leave it to you to decide what that means in terms of mood. I've tried to vary it quite a bit... see the close up, below. It gives you a good view of the thread, too...isn't it yummy?
It feels good to be stitching again after a long time away from it. Partly, the impetus is from Spunbond Sensations!, and partly from the need for work for an exhibition in the summer. Either way, I'm happy to be back to work.
