I have been working on it slowly, adding hours of hand stitch as I showed in this previous post. I'm still not exactly sure where this piece is taking me, but I knew that the next step was to add some free motion quilting of these fun little 'pebbles' to fill in the areas that didn't have any dye on them, and therefore didn't get hand stitched.
I love how the machine work flattens the areas between the hand stitch, allowing the hand stitched areas to come to the forefront.
With this step done, I now continue to look at the piece waiting for it to give me some idea of what is to come next...
Very pretty! Once that is done it needs to go on a wall so others can see it. The colors and textures are really pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debby. It's a piece that will be in a few fibre art shows in various venues over the next year.
DeleteI 'm just fascinated with your courage in working on this piece and the trust you have in its completion. You inspire me. And I;m inspired to practice more my free motion quilting by your decisive choices for ths piece. Hope you show the finished product here too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dee. I certainly will post about it here when I finish it. Have fun with your free motion quilting.
DeleteLove the way your piece is evolving almost organically,beautiful textures and colours.
ReplyDeleteThanks Morag. It's been really fun to just let the piece 'tell me' the direction I should take it.
DeleteI see a map - a relief map. You could embroider on place names, have lakes and mountains - your own fantasy world. :o)
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