Monday, May 25, 2009

Buterflies and Hope...

I am almost too embarrassed to show you this one - but not that too embarrassed that I won't... I found this stitchery while rummaging though my 'half finished' hoard as opposed to my 'half started' hoard... The first photo was taken on Friday Sept 30th 2005 - yes, you are reading that correctly - 2005... I was reminded of this stitchery last week when a visitor to 'beyond the blank page' googled it... It was something I started way back then - I had some vague idea of turning it into something - not sure what now that I think about it... I can remember that I felt disgruntled with it - the proportions of the butterfly, the stitching, the colours or something - I think the gate had been problematic too. Knowing me I probably just lost interest in it and cast it to one side as I am in the habit of doing... As I there looked at it I thought 'what if...' and since I thought that it had nothing to lose apart from it being flung back into the void of the half finished hoard I took a chance...

I must admit I spent a very enjoyable hour doing the 'painting' with my Derwent ink tense pencils - and learnt a little more about using them... Yes, there are a few areas that aren't great but on the whole I was pleased what I had achieved. My original idea was to back stitch the gate and add 'some sort of flowing thing'...


...as you can see from the first photo I have made some changes... I unpicked the stitching under the butterfly and also the gate which I then 'painted' and (started to...) embroider 'some sort of flowing thing'...

Another idea I had at the time was to have some a word diagonally under the butterfly in a cursive script - I am full of these bright ideas - but getting them down into the physical world out of their lofty origins is another thing... The trouble with me I tend to gain inspiration as I go along - even if it is four years between start and finish with a different outcome. I have found another heart shape - so there must have been two ideas on the boil at the same time...

I am not sure which version I like the best - the delicacy of the first photo or the vibrancy of the second. What will I do with this once (if ever) it is completed??? Who knows - perhaps tossed into the other box of 'finished to a point - destination unknown'...LOL - I might even offer it to a new home out there in blogger land...

At least I have 'hope' - finished at last - but I am way behind with 'peace' and we are only seven days away from block number six... I could say - 'Give peace a chance' - but I won't :-)...



Until next time - keep threading those needles....

Sharon xxx

1 comment:

Gina E. said...

Hi Sharon,
Do you remember me telling you I have a blog friend who is doing the same BOM? Well, it is Loulee or Manxgirl (she lives on the Isle of Man). If you want to check her blocks and fabrics out of interest, this takes you to the correct page on her blog.
http://loulee1.blogspot.com/2009/05/peace-has-been-shattered.html?zx=11166dd06de5a78