What I Did On A Winter Day

I had made this piece for an Art Show Fundraiser and no one wanted to buy it.  Today I made it look like this with embroidery around the flowers--using Deb Lacativa's Magic Thread.

First a line around the outside edges to define the flower shapes.  They sort of got lost.  The flowers are my own hand painted fabric.  Carol, this is the pink I've used up.  In fact, all the colored fabric  but the green and black stripe is hand painted.  By me.

Then, while I watched television coverage of the walking bridge collapse in Miami, I stitched swirls around the flower centers.  Ebb and flow.  Imagining Spring.

I think it didn't sell because it just wasn't finished.  I added three button centers to the flowers (removing the French knots).  Antique buttons.  Faded and dull.  After taking this picture.

I went up into the Attic--but you guessed that!--and found a few little treasures.  This being one.  You'll see the other in the next post.