Scratched to the End

Daily scratchings have rolled to an end.

I have always liked this thready sample from years back.

Long Bullion knots and shiny beads

on loose weave fabric stitched to create holes and lumps and bumps.

I used to manipulate fabrics

and have a dog-eared copy of Colette Wolff's

"The Art of  Manipulating Fabric"

Gathering surfaces into textures

used to be my thing

....some dyed and some painted.

I used to stitch on onion bags too.

The snow rolled in after Christmas this year

One day it was warm and mild

then we got over a foot of snow.

No wind this time

but lots and lots of snow.

And now our world has turned white again....

....well this is Canada after all!

Now I have four years of Daily Scratchings

yards, and yards 

and it is time to move on.

I have been musing about a similar daily routine

should I go huge?

With huge I would be stressing about a resolved design. 

Perhaps I should stitch pages of a fabric book

and write like a journal on alternate pages.

Should I stitch small individual experiments?

Small might allow for 'play'

but then it might end up in many small pieces

suitable for another show.

I have been going back and forth over all these ideas.