Happy Leap Day

These have been just sitting together, waiting... for a beginning.  I may take a leap and begin a new piece and let the other piece rest for a bit, as I am not sure what's next. And I am in need of some bright and happy colors right now. The somewhat subdued colors of the other piece have been weighing on me lately.

On the other hand, I feel I need to work through whatever is holding me back on the other piece... I guess I will hang it on the wall and live with it for a time, see what it needs.

Hey, this is my 250th post... woot.

Relief

These very sunny pics emphasize the relief. I find the texture and color harsh but interesting.

Connected

As I have been stitching this bit of orange cloth to this piece, I have been thinking about what I would like to call this process... this process of stitching cloth onto cloth... this surface technique or group of techniques. I guess relief applique fits. What do you think?

Maybe

Maybe a bit of orange.

What's next?

Contemplating the next step...

Wandering but not lost

The yellow cloth path is wandering, loosening up, expanding.

Thank you all for your encouragement.

Slowly

The yellow and grey path has invaded the circles, very slowly this week.

I have been working on this piece for about two months now... no end in sight. The first few stitched pieces that I made I worked on for about a year each, but I wasn't sharing the process then. And I wasn't working on them everyday. But I like being able to look back at the process and see the choices I have made. So thanks for putting up with my endless posts of the same thing.

Connecting areas visually

Bringing the grey thread into the yellow area... I don't think I will do all of the yellow with grey thread, just a little to help visually tie the areas together.

Thinking

The three areas still feel very separate. Of course, they are separate. My plan is to bring them together. It is taking a long time, and I am not feeling all that patient lately.

Trying out how it may go... not sure yet. Maybe the yellow should grow right through the circles instead of around them. Probably.

Continuing

Related but different

The curving paths are related, but not the same, creating a relationship, but maintaining their separate identities.

Changing light

The curving path continues to grow... shot with different light, sunlight, which  makes the colors brighter. I love how the light changes the colors of cloth.

Following this new path

Still repeating this curving path. Enjoying the process.

So far

So far, it is scattered and ununified, but I believe it has potential... so I will continue.