Pattern beneath the stitches

Deep breath ... here I go!

Thanks to sweet friends who left thoughtful comments on the previous post, I am en-heartened to try!

It may be overly simple [?]... the idea of just rows of all-over stitching. But this is an experiment to see what happens to a bold design when you ignore that it's there for a moment. 

I'm expecting it to soften. But what I don't know is whether it will be lost altogether [?]

Perhaps not, because of the frayed edges.

I couldn't work more on this over the weekend. I spent the rest of it stooped over with a severe migraine. 

Stress about work. 

Yesterday evening, we had some family fun-time with the photobooth application. This one made me think of being held beneath stitches too.