This bit of freestyle embroidery I based on a pysanky design found in Zenon Elyjiw’s Sixty Score of Easter Eggs: A Comprehensible Album of Ukrainian Easter Eggs. A fantastic book.
May 2008
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May 13, 2008
Christ is Risen! 2008
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May 12, 2008
I stumbled on a fabulous book by Sue Dove, Painting with Stitches, and it inspired me to create this small embroidered picture. It’s only a few inches square, including the border, and it’s done with just the simplest of stitches. Still, it was a blast, and I’m already working on my next one, which is inspired by Ukrainian pysanky.
