Oh happy day....finally time to stitch and it was this Robin, started in Jude's workshop, who asked to be worked on. I thought it was finished, but apparently borders were needed and more leaves too. As I emerged from sleep this morning my brain was saying "Twixt fallen leaves and floating feathers, still the robin sang". However, the openness of the sky is appealing to me and right now I'm thinking I will extend the tree branches into the new borders and change the thought of "floating feathers" to "open skies".
wow, the stitching has made so much difference here, it has really given it solid ground and the sky does just open up!
ReplyDeletebeautiful piece. the robin is so cheerful and I can almost hear him chirping.
ReplyDeleteYour Robin is wonderful! I love your muted, restrained colour pallette, with just that touch of red. It's a joyful piece and I can hardly wait to see it finished. Of course, I knew that machine stitch would eventually find time to sneak in! But then, of course, you know how I feel about blending techniques!
ReplyDeletePenny, this is so happy and light-filled. I agree, I think the open sky is great. Gilly.
ReplyDeletethe best thing is the continuing, the letting
ReplyDeleteit become as it will! so good.....
yes i like the open sky, in some parts of outback Aus they call it big sky country where it's 7/8ths sky. Nice to sit down and stitch again, i need to do it...k.
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