Redwork

Since I fell in love with this old, traditional Redwork technique of embroidery

 I made some little pieces...

some are made with a double red thread 

the batting consists of a thicker cotton fleece,  

those I will use as tags for presents and such,

others are made with a single red thread 

and are quite thin, filled with a piece of cotton fabric,

those I will use for greeting cards, 

they are fixed with small pieces of a double faced adhesive tape.

And I don't worry so much here about being perfectly even or symmetrical, 

I like these things to be natural and playful, 

so I only mark a few lines on my fabric 

and then proceed freehand.

Here is some wonderful information on Redwork:

http://www.quiltindex.org/redwork.php

November

My November-block for my 2014-wallhanging:

I made it this way because I just had a conversation with someone about the strength of some seemingly fragile beings, as they are showing stamina and the power to come back and to come back and to come back in one form or another...

plus: I discovered Redwork, a technique of embroidery, red thread on light fabric, which just fits in naturally, because my wallhanging is entirely made of red and light colors.

Here is more about Redwork, a lovely read with nice examples: 

http://timquilts.com/2013/06/20/redwork-some-vintage-patterns-to-download

And this is my wallhanging so far, showing one block for every month of this year, my Redwork embroidery-piece looking really very fragile among all the other blocks: