I've been thinking for awhile about putting my drawings in stitch onto cushion covers and here is the first one. She's on plain calico fabric with applique fabic spots. The drawing has been done in free motion machine embroidery. I've aimed to keep it as simple as possible without the layers and layers of embroidery that I usually do. She's happy and joyful, caring for her little koala friend.
I finally finished this piece; it was an experiment that I started back in January. It's acrylic paint on primed canvas with hand embroidery because I wanted to see what it was like hand embroidering on painted canvas instead of the the painted un-primed cotton I usually worked on. I found out I prefer my cotton. Well, you have to try these things... I am rather pleased with the image and expressing the way we are all connected to the earth, the trees and animals.
