On the reverse side of the "flower," a design is slowly taking form. More late night stitching.
Late night stitching: adding stitching to the appliqué that would appear to be a flower motif.
The orange page started out with an appliqué of a batik fabric on black squares.
Then I started adding stitching in white.
But how could I resist adding stitching in black? So dramatic. I had a good time.
Just peacefully inching along. This one does seem to be directional. We shall see...
This is a temporary finish. Stitching to follow.
Stitching on my book into the wee hours. Red and gray always please me..feeling of peace...
Late night stitching in my book--this side is slowly coming to life.
I stitched my way through April and May in a new project--a Book of Etudes ("Studies"). The rules were simple enough: only hand stitching, and only simple shapes in needle turn appliqué, with stitching added. I've wanted to explore the combination of needle turn appliqué with stitching for a long time. Purely abstract and organic--studies in color, form, and texture. Here is a study in yellow (8"x6"), which is probably not finished.
The back is a page also, a sort of shadow page that echoes the appliqué. Much more to do on this one.
So many possibilities!
My family accuses me of spending hours watching movies and TV series in the evening, holed up in my "workroom" (which has been re-baptized as the "art room" by my granddaughters--they get it). 
On the reverse side of the "flower," a design is slowly taking form. More late night stitching.
Late night stitching: adding stitching to the appliqué that would appear to be a flower motif.
The orange page started out with an appliqué of a batik fabric on black squares.
But how could I resist adding stitching in black? So dramatic. I had a good time.
Just peacefully inching along. This one does seem to be directional. We shall see... 
Stitching on my book into the wee hours. Red and gray always please me..feeling of peace...
Late night stitching in my book--this side is slowly coming to life.
I stitched my way through April and May in a new project--a Book of Etudes ("Studies"). The rules were simple enough: only hand stitching, and only simple shapes in needle turn appliqué, with stitching added. I've wanted to explore the combination of needle turn appliqué with stitching for a long time. Purely abstract and organic--studies in color, form, and texture. Here is a study in yellow (8"x6"), which is probably not finished. 
