Things I Love Thursday

I love the moon.  I always have.  Since as far back as I can remember, I would watch her.  I would catch her light and play in her shadows.  I would see how she changed and notice that sometimes she would be up in the day, and sometimes not at all.  THIS might seem bittersweet, but it's the truth.  When I was little, and it was the middle of the night, and I needed talk - I would go to the window and she would be there, waiting.  She was never rushed; very patient.  I would tell the moon all my troubles, fears, and in her find calm and reassurance.  There's no drama with the moon.  She's steady, quiet, and when she changes, she does so slowly.  She's very solid and reliable.

As an adult, I thought it was the coolest thing ever to learn that moons and phases had names:  blue moon, harvest moon, dark moon, snow moon, honey moon...  And so these round hoops and eyelet stitches are such a perfect way to explore her beauty.

Luna #1 (detail)

I love how the eyelets remind me of moon craters.  I'm making moons in all different sizes.  This next one is the 'honey moon'.

Luna #2

Now I'm nearly finished the third one.  I just had to re-dye some silk to add a bit of orange to them to get closer to the colour of the blood moon.

I just have to add the glowing edge of this one, and then I think I'm on to something subtle again.

cell phone photo from my bedroom window

Happy Thursday,

Earth and Heather

This is done and signed and framed.  This turned out really great.  I like it even better now that it's ready to put on the wall.  Earth and Heather, 2015 is in a 10"x20" coffee coloured frame with a linen mat.  It's really big - you can click on the image to view it full screen.

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It's here on my lilac wall, waiting for a new home.  The linen mat is slightly off-white and it really softens up the whole piece.  We tried with with white and other colours but it clashed or looked too stark.  This choice makes me proud to show you.

I never know with these new pieces, how they will work in a frame.  Now I have a stack of round embroideries that I'm creating.  Not sure what the plan is.  Maybe I can cut foam core perfectly round to mount these on to.  We shall see...

Before I forget - Friday at 1 pm is the Silk Ribbon Floral Embroidery class at my studio.  The class is full & waitlisted.   For those of you who are signed up, I look forward to stitching pretties with you then! : )

Have a great day,