The day before Mother’s Day I finished my hand embroidery for the
Goddess of Willendorf, the photo shows the piece just off the hoop
She still needs to be ironed and a backing added to the piece for
stability, I was planning to make her a prayer flag but I think I will
make her a wall hanging instead, may use wooden dowel or a twig to hand
it from I’ll know more as I progress to the finishing stages.
In the
mean time I have signed up for the Stitch at Home Challenge put on by
the San Francisco School of Needlework and Design in connection with the
50th anniversary Summer of Love celebration. The Summer of Love took
place in 1967 at Golden Gate park in San Francisco.
DMC is a sponsor so once you sign up you can choose 3 embroidery threads
from several color palettes, I chose A Whiter Shade of Pale, I have
designed my piece to resemble a poster from that era. From the SNAD
site:
We want you to be inspired by the art movements that defined the Summer of Love to express what matters to you now.
Here is a link to the site if you would like to check it out and
perhaps join in the stitching fun, you are not limited to just
embroidery, you do have to use the 3 embroidery floss colors in your
piece.
http://www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org/rules-and-entry-form/
