Metaphorical bricks

I finished the Tattershall canvaswork brick piece a while ago but forgot to show it.

I managed to find a very subtly variegated grey/beige/white stranded cotton which was perfect for the mortar.

So on to the third brick inspired piece, but these are more metaphorical. I was very taken by a couple of hangings in the impressive Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity at Tattershall which you pass on the way from the car park to the castle. The idea was that people who make up a community are like bricks that make up a wall, so I decided to put together a miniature hanging with appliqued bricks, each one signed by the people who were part of the visits.

I planned to put the dates in the two half bricks but there was still a full brick left over until I had a brainwave.

It’s a tyre track drawn on with a fine liner and then each section is back stitched round in black thread. It represents Rupert, my beloved Volvo S80 who took us there on both occasions. He is definitely part of the family!!

Next stage is embroidering over the signatures in split stitch and blanket stitching the ‘bricks’ down.

As usual this is tiny – the hoop in the picture is just 4 inches in diameter!