I struggled<\/a> but in the end made something that I rather liked. The deadline for that exercise was during a very busy week for me, so I fell back on appliqu\u00e9 as a quick way to make shapes.<\/p>\nApparently it wasn’t just me – appliqu\u00e9 seems to have been the instinctive choice for this exercise for all of us in the group. Hence the follow-up exercise for all of us: realize the same design but without using appliqu\u00e9 at all, only stitches.<\/p>\n
This weekend wasn’t less busy. I sat with this embroidery during the Thursday embroidery club session, which I’ve normally set aside for the Stockholm embroidery, and I still ended up working until almost midnight yesterday.<\/p>\n
I couched the black quadrilaterals with super-thick wool yarn. I wanted them to be proper black, and I also felt like doing something slightly crazy, and once the idea had struck me, I also just wanted to see what the outcome would look and feel like. I guess “interesting” is a word for it. I’m not in love with them, but I also don’t hate them, and they are definitely attention-grabbing.<\/p>\n
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