TREADING WATER

I've been lax in my blogging duties this week......you know how it is....sometimes life just gets busy.

 However, I have been stitching away on this project (blogged about here).  I'll admit there isn't much difference now than when I began.....however I do think the lines have become more significant and interesting.  So......now I'm officially stuck.  This piece was originally going to be a forest scene but my first attempts at adding branches/foliage didn't work.  So I stalled by doing the outline hand embroidery.

I keep going back to a nature based theme as I'm really trying to create art quilts that will have appeal for the buyers in this area. I truly need to focus on selling my work now that my teaching schedule is winding down.

I'm having a solo show at the NC Arboretum in the fall where I believe a nature theme will be better received.  The problem is I can't find my way yet. Sometimes one can't force a project, so I need to be patient and perhaps do a bit more experimenting before I cry uncle and move to another direction for this design. 

 Detail

Perhaps during this long holiday weekend I'll find my way!