I was able to put the final stitches into my blackwork snail trail entitled “Making Tracks” this morning. The June Take it Further Challenge was to think about the stories our stashes tell and the possibilities for future stories.
I used threads and linen from my stash in colors drawn from the challenge color palette to stitch across the month accompanied by our travel from New Mexico back to Virginia.
I used a snail trail quilt block as the framework for a blackwork sampler as it symbolizes for me a time of travel and transition that has at times been much slower than I would like and has had many steps to it.
This piece will be used as an inset in a pillow top and will be a reminder of this time of travel and waiting.
Congratulations! It’s really beautiful!
It looks wonderful!
Beautiful, I do like blackwork patterns, just haven’t much patience in stitching them myself
Great piece, I especially like the pattern in the green segments.
Deb
What an accomplishment! It is a beautiful piece of blackwork. I hope the settling in doesn’t take too long.
I love that Snail Trail block – weavers have an overshot weaving pattern called Snail Trail that I loved and used for cushions and a pullover many years ago.
What a charished memory you have created with this art! Beautiful and meaningful.
Thanks for all the nice comments. This was a fun piece, but also required a lot of patience.
You did it! Talk about stitching a story from your stash. This has been a journey in many different ways and it has been very interesting to follow along with you through the various steps. Good job!