The starting sketch ....

Am working on a piece that will relate these two ideas. Stay tuned! -PJ-

Hemlock in progress

I have been working inking the design onto the hemlock piece, using layering of colors to get depth of needles overlapping each other and depth when looking inside the hemlock cone.

The cone is really interesting. It looks small and round when you look inside it. From the side, it is much longer than expected. Selecting threads for the stitching is the next step. That is always fun.

– Nancy