I have a habit of doing big embroidery projects. Like 4'x5' size monsters that are white on white and look like a polar bear in a snow storm in photographs. So introducing Quilt Beast II: The Low Contrast Embroidery Strikes back:
Any guesses? If you guessed that Rae has slipped of the deep-end you would be correct. Also a correct answer: Indo-Portuguese colcha (the term Indo-Portuguese is not the best, but more on that later) To add to the lunacy I won't be copying any one given colcha. I don't ask musicians to play 'Free Bird' and I don't expect myself to reproduce a historical object just for the sake of reproducing a historical object. I like to look at meaning that the symbols had historically, the materials and the people that made them. By constructing my own embroidered story I hope to connect with people who have come before. I know this might make me sound like I'm fancy. I'm not. It just means that I find a shoe in a midden pit more interesting than the crown jewels.
A very interesting pair of shoes
So, in theory, I will be breaking down this project into bite size pieces (and not breaking down in a snot bubbling toddler).
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