I think I first learned of Fiona Dempster and Barry Smith from Mo, perhaps as far back as 2014 or 2015.

Over the years they inspired me to sew/sow peace, so making peace pins for them was especially meaningful.

Barry requested rainbow threads, so I tried two different Deb Lacativa rainbow threads on gray and white linens …

Oddly enough, I liked the gray linen version better from the back, which led to rather a unique solution …

As for Fiona, one of my favorite pieces of hers was Too many poppies, which put me in mind of red … and then red and green …

So of course I sent both … with fingers crossed that the US and Australian postal services cooperate.

I’ve also continued to stitch peace pins for for the good folks at St Liz …

along with altar linens, which I haven’t made for over twenty years. Of course I neglected to take a picture of the completed set, but here are some in-process shots of the hemstitching, which is worked with one strand of 100/3 linen thread over three threads of linen cloth at a time …

which looks like this on the front …

Hemstitching is the most soothing thing imaginable … good therapy in these post-election days.

Last but not least, I also got to do some baking therapy: 17-layer cake for G’s 12th birthday … with the added joy of a full moonrise …

So yes, here’s to continuing … with Juliann and Marianne’s peace pins next on my list.

To a learn more about the project and request your own (free) peace pin, click on this link.