Close up – Revised

February 19, 2021February 27, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 16 Comments

I’m liking this version much more than the first try …

It was a grey day on Wednesday, with icicles dripping from the eaves, the fences, the trees, and our whimsical pelican …

I don’t know if I’ll keep the current patch, which bears a striking resemblance to Big Bird. Most likely I’ll sleep on it and come up with a more abstract version …

but this will serve as a placeholder for now.

Fortunately, the sun came out today and it’s a balmy 42 degrees …

I think we’re gonna make it.

And so it goes

February 18, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 14 Comments

February 15, 2021 – Single digit cold February 16, 2021 – Rolling blackouts

So begins the latest week in the saga of Remember 2021. There seem to be far more black patches this time around. Quelle suprise.

Process notes: the tan dyed cloth is from Ruth Hase Gutierrez, who is back on Instagram. The black linen is from Austinite Malka Dubrawsky at Stitch in Dye. And the variegated floss, worked in Jude’s split(ting-hairs) backstitch, was dyed by Deb Lacativa.

All stitching was done freehand because I couldn’t muster the enthusiasm to sketch it out first. Like I said, quelle suprise.

What a week

February 15, 2021February 18, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 10 Comments

February 9-13, 2021 – The Impeachment Trial

I don’t even want to write “The Impeachment Trial of …” well, you know who. And the trial truly stopped Remember 2021 in its tracks. Partly because I was glued to the television, but also because I was absolutely baffled about how to portray it.

At first I thought I’d just make five black patches and be done with it, as disappointed as I was by the “verdict.”

But then I read Acey’s heart bridge prompt and slept on it. The next morning I realized there had been, that there are, glimmers of hope. Seven Republican senators who chose truth over self-interest, for instance.

So I went to Tina’s clear colors, looking for glints of sunlight along with darker shades that spoke to the shadows that remain. Then stitched them together with black thread for the worst of what will never be forgotten from the dark day that was January 6th …