“Winter Fields” Embroidery
In this small quilt, I wanted to feature corn stubs poking up through the snow. I love the way they march in parallel lines across the rolling hills.
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As you can see, I added other details such as trees and fencing.
At this point, my nagging doubts about the blue sky fabric increased. I decided I needed to do something to better integrate it into the color palette. What about blue corn stalks? (Radical, yes, but I’m the queen of experimentation.) So, I began, using very subdued blue-greens.
Those first few stitches seemed to work, so I added some more: trees and landscape/hill lines.
Yikes, the blue tree is NOT working! (But, I had to try it to know, right?) I later replaced it with brown.
The other blue seems to be working. But, have I done enough to deal with the blue? I’m not totally sure.
Ellen Lindner
Ellen, what a difference the stitching makes! You are right about incorporating the blue of the sky elsewhere in the quilt. I might have been tempted to use some very diluted blue seta color paint and added some blue (just a little) to the snow in the foreground. This would be the reflection of the sky on the snow. You have to be brave to do that, however, since it cannot be removed once done! I am glad to see that I am not the only one that struggles with decisions. Thanks for sharing the quilt and what you have done with it.
Hi Chris,
Your suggestion about the blue is a very good one. I might very well have tried it if I’d thought of it BEFORE I stitched all those corn stalks!
Still playing around with the blue issue.