This one is coming along. I started this way back in whispering hearts and it has finally been tamed a bit. I've been experimenting with ways to control the tension with variations of a Kantha stitch, a good exercise in relaxing all the blue that included linen, silk velvet and silk gauze, all so different in weight and density. All so individual but now working together. The new yellow rays have created some excitement, pushing the blue right off the edge. Fly away blues.
This started as a heart sampler and formed into a circle of hearts. A community. Like the sun, something life sustaining. To balance the Blues. There were 9 hearts, until I cropped the piece, but I can fix that easily enough.
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