I haven't done any stitch meditations in quite a while, but I've been wanting to, so I've joined Liz Kettle's (the teacher I learned from) FB group "100 days of stitch meditations", which started Sunday, Feb 23.
So, these are my first two on my journey to 100, along with a few thousand other stitchers in the group!
The background is from an old blouse of mine, with a strip of dyed and stamped cotton fabric from somewhere. The hearts are from an old shirt that I ordered from Richard Simmons in the nineties when I was doing his Oldies exercise videos. Black pearl cotton thread.
The background on this one is from a pair of old cotton pajamas that my dad and my husband both wore during hospital stays. The blue/purple is from a fat quarter scrap that I bought on our month long road trip in 2019, the small scrap is from a newspaper print cotton fabric, and the cat trio is stamped on a cotton scrap. I got the stamp in a supply swap in a group I was in years ago. Love the cats! Black pearl cotton thread.
Most of my meditations are/will be 4" x 4" square, and most of my scraps will have a history behind them, with very few new ones. I tend to cut a handkerchief sized scrap, and all buttons, lace, etc. off of old clothes before I discard them. Great memories!
If you are interested in joining in Liz has a video on Youtube that explains and teaches the idea. It's very relaxing and meditative, and you never know what will emerge!
Between this and my daily sketches and my exercises for my hip, it's keeping me on my toes! Just hoping my eyes hold out to do 100.
Try something new creatively! It'll restart your mojo! 😊
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