"Roses Gone Wild" embroidery project done

Since I only have a drawing of my next painting in the works (and not very interesting to look at right now), I'll post my freestyle embroidery project that I completed today.  Now I will sew it into a handbag.  I call it "freestyle" because I made it up as I went along.  It was very hard to photograph - too much shine made my camera not focus.  I'm glad I don't have to do this for a living!

The "Art" of Free-Form Embroidery

Yeah, I know, this is not painting. I'm bending the rules a little bit. I planned it that way - I called my blog an "art" blog, not a "painting" blog. This morning I met my stitching friends at the stitching shop for our weekly stitch and bitch (well, that IS what they call it!). Since I've been painting so much, I haven't been to stitching like I used to. This project I have pictured here (sorry, it is hard to photo satin material) is going to be a fancy handbag. I must have started it a year ago! It is completely free-form (I just make it up as I go) and used entirely with left-over beads and threads and ribbons from YEARS of doing whatever craft had left-overs. It is kinda wild and busy looking, but, hey! At least I'm making use of the stuff that has been in my closet forever.

Now, back to my wine and grapes painting....