
Last night as the sun was setting, there was the most beautiful rainbow…

The man and I marvelled at how the clouds inside the rainbow seemed to hold onto the sunset more strongly, the inner was so much pinker than the outer.
To stitching! As I mentioned yesterday, I immersed myself once again in a workshop by Jude Hill, her Feel Free Patchwork Beasts. Last night before bed I finished applying 12 squares to my base cloth. This morning I lay them out in the morning light so I could appraise my starting point. Javi helped.

I love this open weave Japanese fabric, and the way it nestles up against an old tear in the sheet. I wonder if I should mend the tear, or whether I should keep it.

I have a sketch book with lots of face doodles, so I started there and selected one of my cat faces. I sketched it out on the fabric and stitched it up. I started to see this little guy as a forest cat, so I selected deep greens and dusty purples to help him blend in with the forest shadows. And bright eyes for hunting.

I wasn’t sure what to do next, and whether I needed to add any further details. Again, Jude’s wisdom helped guide me here. She suggests taking a photo at this stage, and printing out some copies to draw out ideas. I don’t have a printer, but I can doodle on-screen, so that’s just what I did.

I tried out some different arrangements of whiskers and other little facial details, and once I was happy, I once again sketched them out on the fabric and stitched them.

I’m really happy with how this is going! Back to stitching 😀