I've gone the long way around back to the way of making stories I learned with Jude Hill as a teacher. I want to pull out a story here of the wild horses in Nags Head dunes (they are the descendants of Spanish horses from ships wrecked off the islands). For this year I've kind of lost the thread (pardon the pun) of where I was going with needle and thread. Now I seem
to be back where I can tell my stories my own way. I'm thinking about how opening up the borders lets my eye travel round the picture-kind of like I see in several quick glances then store up the picture. (Note* the photo of the sun setting was for me to study color layers-it's not part of the fabric picture)
Janet Bolton's fabric pictures have inspired me for years. I think I saw how she adds planes and opens the borders of her pictures. It's been heaven these past few days to sit and hand sew new story beginnings. I'll post a few photos of them as well as the grand boy's felted mobile I'm making for his first birthday.
