Making his marks

~ Liz A
March 12, 2021 – Jace’s horse

When I arrived at Melissa’s house in St Louis, one of the first things she did was hand me this, saying “Jace wanted you to have it” …

“This” was Jace’s art project, which was put on display at a local restaurant a month or so ago. I guess I made a bit of a fuss when I first saw it …

I mean, who wouldn’t?

Not surprisingly, his art teacher is impressed that Jace goes way beyond the assignments … adding detail after detail. He also loves to draw on his own at home … Sharpies are his jam right now, but he’s also done some awesome watercolors (and yes, I love to buy him “real” half pans and 140 weight paper).

So Jace’s horse was the memory I wanted to keep. After painstakingly appliqueing a bit of linen to a Deb-dyed blue damask (shown here about half-done so I will remember how I did an all-round tacking before filling in the satin stitches) …

I was tempted to stop … then considered that certainly wasn’t what Jace would have done. So I threaded up some white floss and made a stab at some of his marks …

And he’s right … mark-making is a lot of fun!

16 thoughts on “Making his marks”

    1. I had to look up Swedish Dala Horses … it’s no wonder their coloring reminds me of Norwegian rosemaling, which we got to see quite often when we lived in Norge, Virginia

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