And More Stitched Love…

So this was my stitched postcard!

All fabric, this one, front and back.  It was created mostly at the embellishing machine - with some machine embroidery and a small amount of hand stitching thrown in.

I have to admit I was very loath to let this one go.  Not only did I like the finished piece, but it marked a huge breakthrough for me in terms of process.  Instead of starting out with a fixed idea of what I wanted to make, I just let the design emerge as I built up the layers of fabric.  It told me what it wanted to become - not the other way around.  I would dearly love to have hung it on the wall as a reminder to play that way again. 

But I was - as usual - working right up to the wire and there wasn’t time to create a second card.  So off it had to go.…all the way to Arizona and a lady called Stella.

I do hope she enjoys this little piece of stitched LOVE.  There’s a lot of me woven into it.

Comments

[Tracy]

This is deliciously beautiful, Helen...just love all that rich texture and all the jewel-like colors! No wonder you were hard to part with it... ;o) But i will be loved for a long time, I'm sure. Glad you shared this with us. What kind of machine did you use for all this embellishment? Happy Days ((HUGS))

[Dixon Hill Girl]

I have a Pfaff embellisher, Tracy.

[Chesteraud]

Exquisite!!! How could you bear to part with such beautiful work

[Rosanna]

So lush... Gorgeous!

[Judit]

I love it !!! Gorgeous !!!!! Beautiful work.