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| 7x9" On Floral Road, 2012 (work in progress) |
I worked a little differently on this one. I did the land before the sky. It doesn't much matter since the trees on the horizon will go on last. I was interested in stitching out the grasses because two of my variegated spools were JUST the right color. My source photo has lots of wonderful reeds and white puffs to stitch into it by hand. I will LOVE that. : ) (Do I use a lot of capitals??)
In the mean time, I got those Bird's Foot Trefoil flowers stitched in to the Lakewood Park scene. I was feeling like another hundred French Knots would be quite lazy of me. I can do them with my eyes closed after 5 flax fields and 3 Canola fields. Plus - these buffalo-bean-looking flowers would not be well represented by spots or loops. They have a funny, lumpy shape. I decided to scroll back to my Saturday Stitches posts (see in tutorials at the top of my blog) to find the Sorbello Stitch that Margot taught me. It is perfect!! Check it out...
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| Lakewood, 2012 (4x6) in progress |
I have just a few more little white details to stitch in and then this piece is done. I am still so thrilled that I made the right choice for these flowers, I emailed Margot with a huge thank you!
The Sorbello Stitch : )
Happy, I am! : ) Talk soon,
12 comments:
I really love the textures in the new piece. The textures in the field look so real!
Your right those yellow flowers are perfect!
We all have funks once in a while. You're lucky it was just 24 hours. I've learned though, that sometimes its a sign that it's time for a little break and then it doesn't take much to get going again.
morning monika! you're right - the sorbello stitch is exactly right for those flowers. amazing how you find that the more stitches you learn, the more uses for them crops up!
cheers
molly
I love your work. It's very inspirational to me. I'm just getting started in thread painting and your work above looks just like photos! Amazing. Thank you for sharing! :-)
Martha
I can't even begin to imagine how you do this, Monika, but it is just so beautiful. Thanks for showing us your progress!
It`s the perfect stitch for that!
Monika,
We all have funks, it comes with being an artist, so glad to see you recovered, I love your work, its very reminicient of work I saw some years ago in a gallery. Maybe it was yours?
Thanks for sharing, I love how much you depict the open prairie.
Ah Monika I do love your work. Both of these pieces are wonderful - not to bad for being in a funk, lol.
I can see why you're happy - what beautiful work you're doing! Love them!
Your work is gorgeous! I love the Sorbello Stitch! It is perfect!
You're absolutely right to be excited! Beautiful as always ;)
And the sorbello makes a great buffalo bean!
:) More wonderful workings to see at Monika's blog! You do such beautiful pieces. I've missed watching your work while I've been out of the blog loop.
Just beautiful, can I ask you a question, are your grasses done by hand with embroidery floss or is this stitched free motion on the machine ? How ever you do it it is amazing!
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