gees bend revisited

 back to english for an a explanation

of my latest embroidery in progress.

i have long been and admirer of the gees bend

quilts and have several books about them.

since i can't own one, i decided i would make my own (sort of) but embroidered.

and here are the results of the work in progress.  i have stitched for almost a month now, at intervals, since i always have several projects going simultaneously.

 i added this square in the centre after submitting some feathers to jude hill's magic feather project.

isn't this a contrast with my home decor?

although my living room and dining room are a little whimsier and funky than the kitchen and bedrooms which always draw from my growing up in england.

hope you enjoy

 one of my favorite gees bend quilts

gees bend, alabama back in 1937
while i'm at it, why not share my favorites from this week's flickr

and a bird inspiration piece

as well as another brilliant quilter
harriet powers

molino rojo moulin rouge

sigo con mis costuritas, inspirandome mas en mi fuero interno

y esta carita me parecio perfecta para alterar y aplicar al bordado



la compre en chile, en un pasaje oscuro en santa rosa, carita de muneca en extincion



y ahora que esta terminada no se si quedarmela un tiempo o ponerla a la venta en mi tiendita



se acuerdan de la tecnica similar que use en una mandala? bueno esa si me la quede porque demoro casi un mes en completar.  fijense en la misma carita de muneca pintada de otra manera.



y, a modo de acotacion, hoy mi hijo cristobal cumpliria 33







que pena que no hayas podido ser parte de esta foto familiar cuando vino la abueli a visitar y se pusieron a jugar a los dormidos
faltas tu.  te recuerdo como un nino tan en paz con la vida, siempre tranquilo y te encantaban los titeres



 

circle

freehand chain stitch embroidery

...yet artistically this is what has kept me busy for over three weeks. embroidering is so relaxing and a sort of mantra since the stitching is all chains in different colored embroidery floss.

hope you like it