In the Absence of Thread

 My thread order has arrived

Must say,  it's been fascinating watching it's progress

through the postal system

as it came northwards from Louisiana.

As I waited I worked on new beginnings.

Stitching together new pathways from scraps left over from

last year's stones.

Surprisingly the brown family of scraps seem to belong

with a few precious pieces of silk that I have been saving

for just the right opportunity.

And the greys seem to go perfectly with a couple of linens.

 One of last year's stones was cut out of a favourite grey silk.

I remember at the time being shocked that I would do such a thing.

Recently I came across the silk amidst the stone scraps

and was shocked once again to see a great big round hole in it!

So decided now is the time to honour it in it's entirety.

 I have been thinking a lot about darning and mending recently.

My initial thought was to just darn the hole

but then....

....I spied a square of ruching that has been looking for just the right home.

It fit perfectly over my stoney hole

and I like it.

Three new pieces to in their infancy.

But for now back to stitching Stone Pathway backgrounds.