I took an unscheduled break for a few weeks (you may have noticed). My muse had fled - due, I think to a mild depression I was experiencing....

At long last, a finish! :) This one is actually quite significant, not least because of the hours and hours of hand stitching in...

When I got to this point, I thought I was done, but as I looked at it, I realized that I didn't like the total sky  backgrou...

As I like to say when the piece is done, "it's time for the big finish!" But, continuing from part one and part tw...

As mentioned on Wednesday, I was trying something new with this piece. I wanted to evoke an abstract representation of sunset on snow. ...

Evening Sky (c) 2013 Kit Lang Surprise! It's not a tree. It's FIVE trees! :)  lol Okay, I guess that's not much ...

 The second one in the pair, "Red Bench No. 2" These little pieces have been very popular in our house - BSP really wante...

When I left you on Wednesday, I said I had just a few more touches, so after I'd added some snow and some little cardinals in t...

So, I had this idea - it may even have been a picture I saw...  A lake, a bright blue sky, a smattering of clouds, some marsh in the di...

(picture is clickable for detail) This piece is my response to the Trayvon Martin trial.  Because of course, it was Trayvon who was...

So, why abstracts? The answer is simple, if perhaps a bit goofy. 

When I first conceived of this I thought it was wonderful. Simple, yet it conveyed (I thought) what I was trying to say.  ...

I began this piece at the beginning of July, when my heart and emotions were a swirling maelstrom – brought on by the onslaught of da...

When I posted a pic of the wheels on Monday, someone said they were curious about what my inspiration was for this little piece.  Wel...

A couple of weeks ago, someone had posted a reminder on Facebook that the "Super Moon" was coming. I made a note to get up ...

The weekend got away from me again (don't you hate it when life interferes with your real work? *s*); but I  had a plan. There was ...

Wow! It took so long that it feels like it was quite the saga to get here, but it wasn't really - it was just one billion stitches,...

Orchard Oriole (c) 2013 Kit Lang My first series is done!  Not that I'll never make another bird  - I'm sure I will (the...

Mes voila! The really for real final bird in the series, so we end where we began, with Green Headed Tanager.

Ta da!  Bird Number Ten! This one's a red-bellied woodpecker and is what started the whole bird series in the first place.  The ...