This the start of a piece of free hand embroidery. I love the fact that I never know what it will look like.
Let me explain that. I wanted to make a piece that would cover a small note pad. I Choose black material, as the back ground this brings out the colours. I then started to cover the area in random stitches, blending the colours into each other. My daughter has called it "Brain" as she thinks that is what her brain would look like if you took a peep.
By placing different colours next to each other I have learnt a lot about how they react with each other.
A bluey/green next to a grey will look blue, next to brown will look green. I resisted using beads on this piece,only because the bright colours on the black have a jewel like quality without beads.
This has been a really enjoyable bit of embroidery the colour and shape evolves and takes you where you like.
There is no wrong stitch,no unpicking,no wondering if I have done it right.
Embroidery without a pattern is very expressive.
