I'm wondering if I should change what I call myself from 'embroiderer' to 'sampler'. Recently I am sampling a lot. I guess it's because I am inspired by many things around me and that leads to questions and wondering and thoughts of 'maybe this would work', perhaps that colour would be perfect if used for that stitch'. Then I create something like this from Sunday and I begin to wonder if it might need a little friend to sit alongside it, to be applied to the edge, to be laid down somewhere as another idea, another extension of the sampling.
(the piece from Sunday)
So that's where the gingham piece today came in, a possible playmate for the Sunday piece. It also gave me a chance to use some new Swarovski crystals I bought and before you faint they weren't that expensive. I haven't won the lottery unfortunately. Sadly they don't glisten here like they do in real life but if you look closely at the top image in between the French knots and the web stitches you just might be able to spot them.
Now I am compelled to sample more, to see if I can make these two fit and if not then to make something else which might fit and on it goes. Meanwhile I can't stop looking at these.....do you see why I can't stop?