Further progress

 Unbroken Circle has been sewn to a backing of hand-dyed linen.. It's a bit less soft than it might be, but I like the colour, and the texture is nice.  I've done quite a lot of hand-stitch, mostly rather simple running-stitches, and I think this one is almost done

 Mood Indigo has its Red Spots, and a purplish backing (which doesn't quite work on screen, as its a shot fabric.  I'm going to add more smaller spots and red stitch

And this is Weaving Rust, with stitch in indigo-dyed cotton, plain cotton, and hand-dyed silk thread.. I think this one is almost done, too.. Better in life than on screen, I think..
I haven't decided what to do with these yet - my default is always the art piece for the wall, but I have been making nice books this week. I may add these to other pieces and expand them further.. I'm amazed at how long some of these have taken to stitch, which makes them uneconomic for sale..

Work In Progress

 Unbroken Circle.
The Suffolk Puff came from something I was remaking.  The Blue Square is left over from Mood Indigo (below) because I can't count to 9. The patchwork with the strips inset is from an experiment I made using a technique from a Kathleen Loomis technique. Then there's a bit of "drop cloth"  fabric - used on the table when I dye and print until it's full of colour, then useful in all manner of ways.  Base is hand-dyed muslin, very soft and fragile and airy.. Oh, what fun..

 This is Weaving Blue.  A base, not ready to work on this further, but it feels lovely.  The elephant is in the room..

 Back of the above, showing the stitches.  I love the way these show as a row of spots on the front

 And this is Weaving Rust.  Only part-stitched.

And Mood Indigo.  I have made several pieces like this, more images soon.. Some have decided they need to have Rainbows in them, and some on them, but this one will have Red..

Blessings and Love

HH

Mood Indigo

Firstly, I had lots of indigoes, on fine cotton, and muslin.  These need red.  I have stitched with red (not very visible) and I'm going to applique' - still basting, as you can see.  I am drawn,  as always, to trees and leaves, so this will almost certainly have leaves..

I'm off to Scotland overnight tomorrow, to pursue the Spiritual Work that has ehthralled me in recent years, drumming for the Drum Dance..

All this requires much practicality, packing-of-tents, charging-of-batteries, and leaving-tidy stuff..

Back soon