On and off over past months I have been using some marks which I saw in the snow as inspiration as I thought they looked like some unreadable lettering. Here are the photographs which I took. 
Some sketchbook pages.
Some of the stitching related to the imagery. Next time I will post the most recent piece. I think there is a link both to book making and the general pleasure at the moment in including words and lettering in textile pieces.
It was one of a series with 'blue' titles ie Lavender Blue. It is worked on a silk background and uses carrier rod silk strips which I painted and used Iridescent Tinting Medium to add some sparkle. The stitching is mainly Cretan Stitch, with some machining and seeding. Carrier rods are lovely to use and fairly cheap; you can turn them from something quite ugly into something fine and tactile. 
