Stitch Meditation 37 and Covering Edges

 This piece may seem somewhat discombobulated. That's because I stitched on it in different sessions over several days, while several things were going on in our lives, including the death of our brother-in-law. So much information is being thrown at all of us from so many directions about all of the things going on in the world that I think it's affecting all of us in one way or another. Some days it's very hard to be positive, but I worked on this piece in spurts, trying to meditate white stitching, until it said, "enough!"

It is about 5" x 5" square, and is made of scraps from new and vintage fabrics, perle cotton and embroidery thread, and embellishments. I used a fabric stamp on a tea stained vintage scrap from and old bed skirt, lace from an old bra cup, buttons cut off some old clothing, and tiny beads. I also had a small scrap of silver wire, left over from a wire wrapping session, that just fit for a forehead dangling embellishment. He also has a little tassel tail. 

The piece may be discombobulated, but I like it. I look at it and see where I was mentally and emotionally while making the stitches.

 I also stitched some eyelet trim onto the ends of the pages in the fabric book (shown in a previous post) to cover the raw edges where I cut the placemat in two. I may add something else to the trim at some point, but, for now, it covers the bottoms of and also adds to the collaged pages. 

This will probably be the last post showing this book for a while, while I add more to the pages, as they tell me what they need. I will share again when it's finished.

Hope you are all staying safe and creative. It certainly is a challenge these days! Take care!