stitching in car day 3

In the morning we visited the cahokia mounds in south western Illinois. These were made by native Americans between 900 and 1150 AD. Shown above is the Monks Mound. The interpretive centre is awesome, full of wonderful artifacts, dioramas and information. In the evening we walked this contemporary labyrinth in New Harmony, Indianna. The afternoon was spent at my cousin Jane's iris farm near Wayne City, Illinois. The whole day was very spiritually nourishing. Well worth the highway hours.

stitching in car again

We had a road trip over the weekend to deliver my art work and visit two of Ned's cousins, both named Tony. These fields were in the Hockley valley, north of Guelph. I stitched. Highway 69 is being widened. There are new rock cuts, trees have been cut down, made into piles of wood chips. This is the back.

ladder stitch

I'm using the ladder stitch to create surface texture on this large silk quilt. It's a new stitch for me. Thanks, Linda.