However, I suddenly remembered on Saturday, that I'm meant to have made a piece for SAQA's upcoming trunk show. Being unprepared for such a thing, I decided that my old stand-by of trees and/or birds would be the best thing to make on short notice, and given it's a small size (10 x 7 inches); I got to work.
I began with this piece of white cotton, and having some idea that this time I would do a facing rather than an envelope closing, I gave myself lots of room around my 10 x 7 inch piece of batting.
At this point, I still wasn't exactly sure what I was doing, but I thought machine stitching some trees in the far away background would be a good start.
So I did.
And then I fussed for a bit - spending perhaps 30 minutes pulling various papers and fabrics out, fingering them, waiting for them to say something, and then putting them back when they remained stubbornly silent.
But then I pulled out these papers and thought "why not make some birch trees? You've been wanting to for a long time."
So, I pinned down some skinny birches for a mid ground (still quite unsure what my focal point was going to be) and then I hand-stitched some little details into the bark with black thread to make them more realistic looking.
So I began hand-stitching an evergreen. But where shall I go from there?
See you Wednesday with the answer!
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Love your little pine amongst the birches !
ReplyDeleteLove the birch trees and the hand stitching is looking good.
ReplyDeleteEven your sneak peek is lovely -- great birches!
ReplyDeleteBesides being a tree lover and especially birch and fir, I have to say this piece is exceptional and you aren't even done yet. There is a fragility and stark winter quality that is just so appealing!!
ReplyDeleteI love your birch trees, Kit! The skinny stems are perfect. What next, indeed?
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