Abscraption

 One of my favourite things to do when stitching is to use scraps to create something new. I'm also a big fan of abstract work, which I do not tire of looking at, always noticing a shape or texture I might not have noticed before. This afternoon, I finished a small piece I'd had going for a while, picking it up whenever I felt like making a few stitches. I had no plan other than limiting my colour palette to scraps of purple in two slightly different shades, blue-ish teal, and the thread with a gold sparkly wrap. The purples are perle cotton and crochet cotton, the teal is standard embroidery floss with a matte finish, and the gold is meant more for knitting or crochet, I think. I use whatever works. It was stitched on a scrap of white aida cloth, 16 count. I love removing a few threads on the edges to make the fringe, so that's what I did here.

Near the end, I noticed it had a house shape, so while it's part of my ongoing occasional series I call 'abscraption,' I also think of it as 'crazy house.' As I was making it, I enjoyed both the stitching itself and watching the shapes appear. I turned it into a bookmark and continue to enjoy it every time I open the book that it's in.