Finally Finished
This one has been with me for a long time as a work in progress, but it ‘s been a pretty continuous companion. I’ve written before about how it started, in a workshop with Carolina Oneto on Curves and Transparencies as a single little block. Then it grew to a sashed twelve block grid. Then some machine stitching in the sashes. Then the big stitch/slow stitch urge just cam eover me. Each color has a different stitch pattern, so now that I’m finished, the design on the backside is pretty interesting too. Emma Freeman introduced me to the term “contemplation cloth”, and I think that’s what this has turned out to be. Amazing to think about all of the places I’ve stitched it, all the feelings I was feeling as I did. The technique is far from perfect, but the hand of the maker is certainly evident. Very satisfying finish.