Back to Art....

Of course the year that winter has taken its sweet time arriving...

I had little traveling to do, except for a week long trip over to the Front Range, loving the dusting of snow around the La Sals in Utah...

So being mostly home,  I have fallen into a bit of a routine, writing and book things in the morning and art in the afternoon and weekends. I have done it enough to find that I definitely need the stitching to stay sane. I decided to tackle a fabric collage idea I have had for a long time, more for my own walls or a gallery show than for a illustration portfolio piece,..

Saturday Morning is somewhat of a family self portrait, thought the faces have been changed and my hair has never been as full and long as I stitched it,  but it's for the most part our bedroom and our dogs and definitely what Saturday mornings looked like when my kiddos were little and we were desperately trying to get a few more minutes sleep before they and the dogs, well, had other ideas. 

Started laying things down and stitched most of the background before tackling the bed, limiting how many layers you have to stitch through is always a challenge, as is working with such small bits of fabric that with over working start to disintegrate....

Hands and faces are always a challenge, and sometimes the best thing is to just start over...

Late February, the snow decided to start falling...

and Saturday Morning is progressing...

So, if I let sleeping dogs lie where they are, the rest of the winter...

sorry, it was so cute of a picture. If I keep at my schedule the rest of the winter, into the big melt, Saturday Morning, should be done soon, except for the question of home much needlework I do on it.