I'm so happy to get to be with my family in New Mexico for this holiday. As much as I complain about the hubbub and chaos (and there's a lot of it), I'm just grateful I have such a loving family to generate it!
This is a piece of hand embroidery that has been my take-along project these last couple of months. The leaf patter is one of Carina's. She has a ton of fabulous embroidery patterns, you should check out her shop Polka and Bloom. I used crewel wool embroidery thread (yarn?) and did a sampler of stitches in the leaves. In the end, that thread was a bit thick for some of the stitches and leaves, but I think it turned out fun anyway. It's mounted on stretcher bars with a layer of batting. I'm not really thrilled with that method and don't think I'll do it again- it give an overall puffiness I don't really care for.
The writing says "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower" which is an Albert Camus quote (according to wikipedia). I actually like autumn much better than spring but the idea of falling leaves as akin to flowers makes me happy.
Happy Thanksgiving!
That take along piece is stunning! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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