still here....

Nearly a full week since my last ramblings. A perfect illustration of the chaotic state of my brain, not my life, my brain. I just don't know where the time has gone really I don't. O.K. I have been to work, done some christmas shopping, continued to expand my fragment, even managed a tiny bit of housework but still, not much to show for a full week. And now I'm there, fragment wise I mean, my chaotic brain will not decide what to do next. I have arrived at a conclusion, (top image) and as you can see I got carried away with my scissors on the part of this I showed you last, (2nd image). Quite a lot of it has been chopped off, (for the good of the piece) at least that's what I thought at the time, still, I think it's working now.

I made this to add on, to expand. I love it, it's even better in the flesh so to speak and feels lovely in your hand. More white on white, vinatage lace and a steady hand with the scissors.

First I tried it next to the existing piece this way, not quite right though,

then I tried it this way, that's more like it I think.

Now I can't decide whether to put it in the shop.......why.....well a few reasons. Firstly, how much? Counting diligently the hours it has taken me and despite not profiteering shamelessly it would still be quite expensive. Secondly, these are selling quite well but I ask myself how many people are out there really like me who are happy to have these and keep them just to ''look at''? Hence if I put it in the shop and it sits there for ages it becomes old, stale and I couldn't bear to do that to it. So I can't decide, not today anyway, I will have to ruminate and cogitate for a while.

Which leads me on to my next thought. I would like to make these into functional, useable art. Put them on a cloth somehow, with an edge to stop fraying, make them more able to withstand handling. I would like to do more collage with them, a collage on cloth. They take such a long time they would have to be small, maybe too small for a hanging. So there you have it, the brain is overloaded with if's but's and maybe's that are only solvable by moi! What am I going to do?........... keep stitching and hope it comes right, what else is there?

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