Deciding on a Softer Touch

Another hag stone

A stone with a hole through it

A stone from Dorset.

This is how my cloth stone ended up

but it started like this.....

.....To me it looked heavy handed

so picked out all the stitching

and decided on a softer touch

or perhaps a more minimalist touch.

Speckled pebble

Found hanging out in my curio shelves

crammed full of precious things.

Just love it.

It's only an inch wide.

Mapping marks with one strand of DMC.

A gift of thread from Betsy

helped me decide on

how to interpret these smokey markings.

A speckled rock gift from Nancy

but the scrap of silk I chose was way too beautiful to cover over!

A wrapped stone gift from Nadine.

My goodness me I have received a lot of gifts this week!

Nadine lives down on the French shore

and five of us met at her place

where we ate mouthwatering lobster,

planned for our upcoming show

and played with photo manipulation.

Another gift of a stone from Nancy.

Thank you girls for all your gifts.

How lucky am I.

Blessings.