STOP PRESS!! This is an important ribbon embroidery announcement! The sewing gods are benevolent – after twelve years and four moves, a silk ribbon embroidery project that vanished in our move to Chile from Australia in 2011 has resurfaced! In a box that I have definitely opened and filled and closed and opened and filled again –
When I began this piece, I was making up a series of little silk jewellery pouches, using up the odd lengths and tail-ends of silk ribbon in my scrap bag. At some point or another, I was sort of over all of the intense color contrasts and decided to experiment with something a little more subdued and monochromatic. In color I tend to favor Oomph over Subtle, so subdued was something of a challenge, but I took inspiration from the rusty wheat fields in the farming district around Whyalla – the town where I was living at the time, and I decided to embroider a field of wheat. Gold on gold.
I thought that it came out very well. In fact, I loved how the dusty ribbons worked with the dusty fabric and became something that shimmered softly in a way the eye can rest upon. But before I had a chance to do anything with this piece, we were packed us up for our move to Chile – and that’s all she wrote.
But now it’s back! Not wishing to waste one more moment, I’ve taken my golden wheat and sewn it up into an embroidery pouch. It’s proper destiny is FULFILLED. The pouch was originally intended as a gift for someone, but I no longer remember who, and I will keep it. But please, y’all, tell me where to keep it – so that I don’t forget and lose it for another twelve years!