The pieces were stitched together for the turtle shell. I am beginning to think I should make a quilt, but am counting months and years and figuring it might be too close. I removed the papers and now it is limp and seems fragile. So I am wondering if I should have left the papers in as reinforcement. After all, it is a turtle. Then as Jude of Spirit Cloth and What If inspires, I suggest solutions….what if I stabilize it and stitch around each hexagon with a straight embroidery stitch. Too heavy a look. So let’s go back and see it from another angle.
What if I anchor the hexagons with French knots, a stitch I favor.
Seems like it might work. A few more pieces and I will be on to the body of this project. I am using this as a metaphor for life right now. Slow down. Pace yourself. Close into your shell when you need privacy and peace. Rejuvenate, restore, and refine. I envy the turtle. He/She enters a home of choice and comes and goes as whim may choose. No traffic, selective music and food, no television, and no extra bedrooms or bathrooms to clean. Does a turtle have a space to create? This might be the only down side.
Yet the turle allows room to grow. And it does seem like you are doing that as well.
What a perceptive comment. I like that very much. Thank you.
I am so glad I found your blog because I love turtles and french knots too(so french knots would be my suggestion also). My friend Judy on Counting Backwards(you can find the link on my blog) has another blog A Shot and a Beer(it’s a photography blog) and she has the most unbelievable picture of a tortoise I think you will love.
Now back to your piece. I love the colors and think all of your solutions would work so pick your favorite and go to it. Blessings to you and your turtle.
How neat to sense such promise for an unfinished turtle. Funny how these projects take on something larger than the original thought. I definitely will go take a look at this tortoise. I am sure it will inspire.
i like turtles almost as much as snails. i like the slowness and the hard and soft rolled into one.
I agree. Maybe a snail should be my next sculptural piece. One needs to be sometimes hard and sometimes soft to live with flexibility and strength.