WILD and FREE FORM STITCHING

 

Stage One of my free-form, improv,

meditational stitchery...

Since I've finished my Fabric Journals,

I've found that 

I need to have some hand

stitching to begin my day.

The background is my own dyed fabric

upon which I tacked down 

some sari silk as it fell

upon the page...

looping naturally...

Stage Two 

below:

First, I added some kantha stitching

around those  three loops, 

then

 

I added some 

French knots

 in deep blue 

on the

looped sari silk,

and finally,

I  feather stitched 

across the background

in a pale gray...

the color of our skies 

this morning...

I want to add more texture--

so

 I will be adding 

some bits and bobs 

here and there

as the spirit moves me.

I really have no plan--

the piece will

just go its own way and

carry me along into 

a serene state of mind...

I've found, in making my Fabric Journals,

that slow stitching calms me right down...

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In this hustle-bustle season and

our world today 

I want to be able 

to reach for a 

"quiet space".

Without deadlines or pressure to

be perfect, or to be judged...

This is my answer for now..

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(in-the-quest-for serenity)