It's a Process

The baby and fern are embroidered onto the linen, but the rabbit and text are adobe overlay image over the photo of the linen piece (will copy onto the linen to embroidery next.)
By the way that cute little baby is me :) wasn't I adorable, uh huh!

I can see this process (even in just playing) is going to be very slow compared to painting and assemblage. I do a little bit, then figure out what to add next. I don't think it will have the looseness like Tilleke's work, but it is a whole new approach for me. Apart from enjoying the challenge, I am enjoying the meditative quality of doing embroidery by hand.

Unfinished Projects
I went through my old embroidery box and wow,! I don't even want to tell you how many unfinished crossstitch and embroidery samplers I had in there from 25 years ago. This one did get finished and was a reproduction antique dutch sampler kit I got in Snider Plaza, Dallas. When the kids were little I just couldn't do my embroidery or quilting anymore, so I put it all aside until they got older. Well here I am 25 years later LOL!

Here is a HUGE selection of Samplers from a company that supplies authentic reproduction kits at Antique Essamplaire.
AND
Did you know the Swiss Post issued the first embroidered stamp in the world.
AND
this has nothing to do with art
BUT
everything in life affects my art somehow
Info on Menopause
Itchy Boob syndrome
thanks colette I thought it was just cracker crumbs down my bra