A Little Scrap of a Tie - Week Forty-Nine

Wrapping Christmas presents

left the kitchen table strewn with lovely papers, silvery ribbons, and 

Santa Claus gift tags.

Seemed appropriate to photograph the Crumb against a

Christmas background.

But this week's Crumb does not yet reflect Christmas.

It reflects the Chiku-Chiku work of Japanese artist Akiko Ike

whose work I have been looking at lately.

She uses thick, thick thread in her work.

So this week I chose the thickest threads I could find in my baskets

and then I went to Judy's Journal

to find that she had used thick thread and large stitches

for her beautiful Stumbling Flag quilt.

Quite amazing.

The thread I chose was so very thick it took pliars to pull it through.

Won't do that again in a hurry unless I find some looser weave fabrics.

As I stitched I realized the little scrap of olive green and black tie

was well over twenty years old.

It took me back.....

....back to the early nineties when I made

 bears covered from head to foot in embroidery.

This, the first one I ever made was called

Woodland Bear.

And this glamorous girl was called

Bajan Bear

Those were the days when everything had to have a bit of glitz...

Silk ribbon and shiny beads

doodads

and flowers galore.

Not a toy, but

I might have to make one for the baby-grand when she is older!

 Hope your Christmas preparations are going swimmingly.