Monday, July 25, 2011

quiet down

Making the stars has reminded me how much I like hand sewing.
How quiet it is as an activity.
How different it is from my daily life.

I appliqued a piece of silk by hand onto painted cotton.


I embroidered.


Did you know that basting a work using a tailor's basting stitch holds the layers of the work better that a running stitch?


I wasn't sure about the embroidery. I did not want it to fight with my painted design. I can always take it out if I decide it is the wrong thing.


For now I like it.







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