and apples.
And the roses have something say.
Admittedly, I have been craving pink, so this rose pleases me so much in a very green landscape.
Consequently, the roses made it into my sketchbook this week. I sketched with a white colored pencil then machine sewed the design.
The dark fabrics add such drama but proved difficult to photograph.
For a few of the leaves, I found a piece of green lacy cotton in my stash.
For an exciting Saturday evening, I machine stitched the words free hand for the first time. What an adrenalin rush! The snippets of pink fell into place.
Now this page has the gaiety of a party, yet the message is sobering.
Bittersweet.
[More process photos over at MulticoloredSnippets. Just scroll back.]
Bittersweet.
[More process photos over at MulticoloredSnippets. Just scroll back.]
And wildflowers have begun blooming.
Fortunately temperatures have dropped and I had to get out my wool coat.
Maybe things will get back to normal.
Gently, gently, documenting the decline.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE about Picasa (see previous post for background info): Picasa has just increased size allowances for photos. They went from around 1 G. to 5 G. I had managed to get my photos sized down to take up 40% of the space and then suddenly I had only 9% used up. Wow!
7 comments:
The beautifully stitched words didn't seem sad to me. Changing seasons are something that I MISS. SUCH a beautiful work of art.
Hi!
Love the drama of this piece and the free-motion text. I've done quite a lot of free-motion writing ... and it now completely looks like my own handwritten words, just by machine.
I ran out of free blog space during my first art residency in Maine, autumn 2008. Instead of resizing anything, I decided to pay the $20 per year for the extra storage space. Four years later, I am no where near using up all the storage space this small fee provides. I get a simple reminder email every year ... and pay the $20.
For me, it is worth every penny as I'd probably still be resizing photos! I also pay approximately $20 a year for a Flickr! Pro account which has more space than I'll likely ever use (even though I quickly went over their maximum "free" space). The only other expense for Internet exposure (beyond the cost of the computer and local connections ... which I would be paying whether I blogged or not) is a small annual fee for my website domain. In all, I pay less than $100 per year for maintaining a website and over seven blogs.
Susan
I love what you have done with the rose!
This rose is just beautiful--what type of thread do you use for the outlining? It seems thicker than the normal 40 or 50 wt I use for piecing/FM stitching. Yesterday when I was leaving work I saw an iris in bloom, and meant to bring my camera today to take a picture, but forgot. It shouldn't be blooming until April!
Thanks, Laura. I just use sewing thread, even on my hand stitching because I have a rather large collection inherited from my mom and I want to use it up. It may appear thicker because I usually go over lines (loosely) several times.
I have lots of regular sewing thread like Coats and Clark that I don't use for free motion because it looks too thick and heavy--duh, thanks for reminding me to use it!!
and here we have a Global Warming quilt... all these freaky manifestations, even when welcome (like warm spring-like days in New England in midwinter), are just plain disturbing. At least Obama MENTIONED climate change in his inaugural address!
(PS the writing came out well! it's hard, I know).
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