Pink-Red Minimal, 2

For my last visit to the dentist, I chose the Pink-Red Minimal to stitch. 

I have been picking up this piece occasionally for the last seventeen years (ouch!). 

And I still have no idea where it's going, but it's an old friend.

Stitching hOles, 2

More invigilating (proctoring exams), so more holes...

Plus I added a few bean shapes. For once, the teaching has allowed me to move forward on my artwork. I hadn't touched this piece for quite awhile.

Now, I will put it away until the next time...although I have an idea for one corner that I want to try out...

Linked to Nina Marie's "Off the Wall Friday."

Stitching hOles, 1

Today I invigilated...now to me, that sounds like a dirty word, but if you know a bit of British English, you'll understand that I was proctoring exams. Once the students got to work, I pulled out a piece that I've worked on for a l-o-n-g time (over 10 years, I suppose) and stitched holes in reverse appliqué.

They make interesting studies by themselves.























Some are smooth, some are frayed.

I began making them all different.

Tomorrow I invigilate as well. More holes to come...

Pink-Red Minimal

I picked a Valentine for Valentine's Day, one that I could stitch on. And I worked on it a bit and blogged about it over at MulticoloredPieces. The original piece begun around 15 years ago looked like this:

A small publicity design in a magazine inspired it, which I re-discovered in an old sketchbook when putting order in my "stuff." Dated Aug. 1997.

For a long time, I was unable to admit the source inspiration; I felt like I had stolen another artist's idea. However, I now see that my piece has taken on a life of its own. Other design ideas have shown up in my journal where I scribble down creative thoughts. Just playing around with the design elements. Lots of possibilities...hmmm, maybe I should finish the first one.

I'm now doing reverse appliqué into it: 

                                                                  1) Series of circles.

    2) Free form elements.

   3) Bean-shaped forms.

Excavating: And as I stitched, I remembered:

The flaming arc on Geraniums from My Garden came from the trimmed striped forms of Pink-Red Minimal. Funny how one thing leads to another.