Spent the weekend adding stitching to the World quilt. Love the difference here between the circular texture and the Kantha stitching in the continent. Lots more to go.
mind mapping
Sometimes the only thing I can do in the studio is not focus. I flit from piece to piece with nary a thought to consistency or plan. Often my eyes rest on this old timer. I am calling it my mind map. Though it would probably be more accurate if I called it mind unmapping.
Mind map, detail, Paula Kovarik
I use this piece as a collage of thoughts and images. All of it is random. All of it pieced from other works...many that traveled along a detour, got a flat tire and ended up stashed away in some far away failure drawer. Sometimes I just hand stitch on it. Other times I add detail with my machine. I will continue to add layers and layers until it all makes sense.
Maybe it will make sense someday. Maybe not. For now it is a great resting point for me. There are no risks with this piece. I know if I don't like it I can cut it up.
Mind map, stitching, Paula Kovarik
I don't know why, but I really like the way this silly pink flower looks against the hand stitching below it.