I worked in the garden over the weekend and Art took some great pictures of me “in action.” I actually didn’t realize he was snapping away at first, and then he was having too much fun and being terribly distracting. But — it was really nice to get some good shots of the artwork. I’m finishing the final assembly tonight. It’s taking me 3x longer than it should to assemble it because I’m just being so careful. I really don’t feel like making a stupid mistake this close to being finished.

More pictures on Flickr, of course!

I also have to mention the frame I’m working on.  I usually work on such small pieces that I don’t need a hoop, but this was large and needed the extra structure.  Art watched me struggling to improvise a frame one night and I came home the next day and he had built me an embroidery frame, lined with velvet, made from the same ash as the Torah ark he had built for this congregation.  He’s just a darn good husband!

This has been quite the “days of awe” project for me, since I missed my Rosh Hashanah delivery and am now trying to be ready for a possible Yom Kippur debut — or Simchat Torah.

I’ll, of course, post more pictures and full details when the piece is completed!

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Back in July, I received an email via Flickr messaging from a woman letting me know that she had written an article on Wikipedia about Knotted Stitches and used a picture of my work as an example! It’s a great example of the kind of interesting things that can come from sharing your work on sites like Flickr or your own blog.

How cool is that. Look up knotted stitch and see my work!

The image is a  detail from the four-seasons challah cover that I made.  I want to make another one based on the idea, because I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback on the piece.

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I have so many works in progress that I have nothing finished to share! Here’s a list of what’s in various stages of progress now.

• Custom tarot case for Emily
• Finish framing for “Where’s the Snake”
• Blueberry Cereal 6×4
• “Lilith” for Annie
• New 4 Seasons Challah Cover – Dupont Circle Variation
• Finishing/Framing of “Queen of Sheba”
• Atarah Concept Sketches
• “What is Beauty” concept test

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