Work of course. First a quick update on the current state of the bluework. Not an awful lot, but from this: 
to this:
The bunches of flowers across the foot are completed – the far right one needs a bit of tweaking to give it the same balance of light and dark as the others…
…and I’ve added a partial folk art style flower to the bottom right section.
I’m working some pulled thread samples as well. I love pulled thread work and was itching to do some again. I bought some large self covered buttons from a charity shop recently and was toying with the idea of covering them with pulled thread work backed with bright pops of silk.
However, the linen I’m using is too thick to gather properly, so I’m toying with other ideas. I still like the idea of silk behind though.
Something to experiment with in odd moments.
Lastly, I’ve found a perfect match for a piece of embroidered felt I found when I was sorting through some samples I’d made for felting lessons at school. I added a vintage brooch setting and taking this section out of a bigger (and very busy) piece actually looked better than the whole.
The leaves are an earlier version of the more tightly closed fly stitch leaves I’ve been using recently and they help to frame the lazy daisy flowers with their french knot middles.
It’s in my Etsy shop here.
Love the bluework and I like the thick effect the linen has where it won’t gather properly. It’s an interesting touch and I fully encourage adding silk to any project 😉
I love what is happening get with the blue work. Finding the pulled work very interesting too.
I agree about silk through the linen – that’s a great thought. And the progress on the bluework is good, even if you don’t feel it’s very speedy!
Your blue work is so lovely, it’s such a beautiful piece. The pulled work looks interesting – I’ve never attempted it, but I do like the silk through it.
You are so talented! I love pulled thread work too, I can’t wait to see these with silk behind. The brooch is gorgeous!