Take a look at these three small wall hangings.
What do you think? Does one “speak” to you more than the other two?
These are not my latest creations, I made them in 2014 when I set out to complete all twelve of the design exploration workshops in A Fiber Artist’s Guide to Color & Design by Heather Thomas (Landauer, 2011). You can definitely see how I was influenced by the collages of Kurt Schwitters.
The one at top left has been hanging in my sewing room, the other two have been in a suitcase, bumping along to the quilt shows, hoping to find new homes. I dug them out today while looking for something else, and I am thinking of adding more hand stitching to the two that have been packed away. I have since learned many more embroidery stitches, and looking at these early pieces, I think I could improve them a bit. I don’t want to spend much more time on them, and I definitely do not want to make a habit of re-doing older pieces, but I really like this group, and I want to give myself a week to see what I can do with them. In the very near future, I am going to start over with the workshops from the book. I want to get through all twelve lessons in 2020.