Never Say Never

When people ask for commissions, I lay down the line. "No people, no buildings".  I just can't go there.  I'm too scared.  This photo of the little abandoned building at Bergheim is just too sweet not to try.  So I did.  I tried.  I think I actually pulled it off!  I stitched a few lines...

so far so good.

I got pretty excited that it was working!  Just the right shades of grey here and there and the building is now officially done.  : )

omg - i did it

I hand stitched some more grasses with thread and hand dyed silk ribbons.  It's nearly done now.  I can't wait to show you the luscious foreground!  I showed the building to my husband and he said it creeped him out.  "What!?" I asked.  He replied, "Zombies!  It looks like buildings in the Zombie games!"  haha.  Leave it to a gamer...

I still have eight more pieces to make for Winnipeg.  Crunch time!  I am running out of sky, so I popped in to Periwinkle for some solids I thought I might try to paint with the Jaquard dyes.

I stayed up late after the kids were in bed and dyed some silk ribbons for the Bergheim piece.  Dying ribbon is so quick & easy.  I dye ribbons that are already colored and they turn out so natural looking.  I love the results.

Stitch - stitch - stitch ... see you soon!  Linking to WIP Wednesday at the Needle & Thread Network.