And So Begins Another Year Another Piece

"Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End"

(Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

When my journey with 'Stone Pathways' came to an end

I was reluctant to let go

So the remnants of white backgrounds were stitched into strips

these were then filled with embroidered pebbles.

Remnants of the stones were sewn together in a rough fraying drunkard's path.

and pebbles embroidered immediately stitched all remnants together.

That was last year

But now a new year has begun

and so a home has been found for my remnants....

....more pathways!

There is so much white background surrounded by nothing but grey

So I have sprinkled bits of whiteness elsewhere.

Tiny dots are easier inserted with reverse appliqué

Larger ones with simple appliqué.

Perhaps tiptoes alongside heavy steps along life's pathway.

Frayed edges create a pathway of their own

Different paths, different lives.

Have no idea yet how I will stitch my new pathways

One step at a time

Next step will be to attach them to a background

and as I stitch them down by hand

ideas will come.

And here is a small beginning made many years ago

that hasn't found a home yet

but he will never be discarded

for

I love him!

Happy New Year

Happy Beginnings