Hey Man...

I have finished a new piece using another Sublime Stitching artist series pattern.  This time an amazing Michael Sieben design.

I also used another textile that I found at the thrift store.  I love the crochet work on this one.  The delicacy of it is a great juxtaposition of the embroidery  itself--heavy stitches and color. 

I've pretty pleased with my fill stitches though I still seem to have a bit of a problem with tension causing the fabric to pull.  I don't know if that will just happen or if it's something I can prevent.

I tried to give some depth with colors in the hair.  I like doing hair with split stitch becuase it gives texture.  You can check out Michael Sieben's artwork here. I really like his work, it's very colorful and expressive.  At first it seems quite simplistic, but it's heavy in content.  Here's a few I like.

Lighter Or Darker
9" x 9" acrylic and pencil on panel

Need To Talk
9" x 9" acrylic and pencil on panel

Discovered
12" x 12" acrylic and pencil on panel

Look familiar?

Whats New
9" x 9" acrylic and pencil on panel

**In other news: Jenny Hart featured me on the Sublime Stitching blog!  Color me excited! I am a big fan of Jenny's embroidery--check it out here!  Also, the amazing Connie asked me to put this cross stitch on about.com's cross stitch page--pretty cool.  She's doing a great job with the cross stitch page and has tons of free patterns if you want to give cross stitch a try--she's a great resource.  I'm starting a couple new stitches and working on my painting--trying to stay busy.  The weather is getting warm and everything's in bloom!  We are heading to Florida in a couple weeks and I'm really looking forward to the down time. Til next time!