Under a Big Sky - small textile - what's the story

When i began this piece I didnt know what the story was. It evolved overtime and with each decision made, it became.

As many of you know I am in the studio every day and it is at night, when I go up to the house, I do slow stitching. 

This piece was set aside many times over many months, where each stage brought with it a 'what now?' or a 'what if'. Slowly it became 'Under a Big Sky'.  

This is how it went.  I began by creating little squares from my shibori scraps, brought in white and eco printed cotton, silk and linen, ironing the little squares around a template i created. One evening, from the box of 'little squares', i began to lay them out in what was a pleasing arrangment to me. 

Sewed the squares together into a single cloth and then i tacked it to a calico cloth backing, extending the borders. After it being set aside for many months, i came to the orange stitching idea - a stacking stitch created within a circle.

This image shows the stitched circle and stitching the borders creating a 'whole'

detail of the stacked stitching

The back of the piece - i am not precious about technique and in fact, make a lot of it up as i go along.  i enjoy the fact the hand of the artist shows up in the work. 

this piece is available here.

i would enjoy it if you let me know what you think

see you next time .... Gina