Fireworks and flowers

My Wacom graphics tablet has arrived from the US. 

I have been working - at my paying job - every day since the 26th, so time to test it out has been limited (and probably it's going to carry on that way for the rest of the year). But, snatching a few moments here and there, I'm kind of getting accustomed with the practice of drawing in one place whilst looking in another (you draw on the tablet, but look at the computer screen!). Laying down some very sketchy ideas for future development.

Fireworks and Flowers. 

Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013

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Finding diamonds

I did just a few more rows.

 I will keep going with this. But am not going to show it again until it's done.

Which could be sometime!

Just to say that - so far - it doesn't look as though the pattern will be lost because of the stitches.

The first sunbeams this morning casting shadows on the kitchen wall.

I love the pattern, the tones, and the simplicity.

I've been finding diamonds today.

I loved Susan's post. 

And I was reminded of an earlier experiment.

Ideas!

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.