…is nearly complete.
I think I blogged my progress part way through this piece using a long strand of wavy beachcombed rope, but it’s now finished…
…and stuck in place inside the back cover.
I didn’t like the big gold coloured three holed bead that was previously on the right; it was far too big and bright and angular when everything else was round or wavy, so I cut that off and finished the text with a swirl of french knots.
I did plan for this to be the last piece in the journal until I was turning out a drawer and found an odd piece of painted watercolour paper in the front of a long-forgotten sketchbook. Nice and thick to stitch through. I cut some wave shapes, chose some tiny scraps of silk and toning thread and started to play.
Looking at those undulating curves, I couldn’t get the Walt Whitman quote (via Vaughan-Williams’ Sea Symphony) out of my head, so that went on too.
I’m very pleased with my unexpected find! Just one more job to do, but I can’t do that until I can get together everyone who went away with us.
Finished just in time to start another when you go on holiday this year??
Something like that!!
So lovely, and the Whitman quote is a nice touch.
absolutely beautiful
Oh, its wonderful! A most perfect place to recollect when the memories start t dim.