Friday, March 27, 2009

Stitch Explorer

This month's stitch technique to explore is Assissi Embroidery. Sharonb is running the challenge www.pintangle.com Here is my updated version. It uses silk twisted thread on a hand dyed cotton. The inspiration is from a gardening catalog. I like this method of doing a design.

13 comments:

Beverly Ash Gilbert said...

I like the shapes with in shapes.

Anonymous said...

awesome!

Jacqui said...

this is wonderful. I never manage to get the hang of the last stitch but I am going to give this a try.

Doreen G said...

Beautiful Sandy

abeadlady said...

Absolutely yummy!

Miriam said...

A lovely Assisi variation!

Nathalie G. said...

love it

Digitalgran said...

That's lovely Sandy!

M said...

It's amazing, love everything about it. :)

Linda’s Textiles said...

Gorgeous! love what you've been doing. Funny, I've got a couple of pink and black pieces on the go too.
(not hand stitched though)

Jane said...

Hi,just came over from PinTangle to look at your Assisi piece. This is a lovely interpretation, now I need to start mine.

Leslie said...

Really lovely....

MargB said...

This is wonderful - the outlined shapes look so good.