"But, really, why does anyone create? You feel a... a restlessness inside, a need to make something new, something no one has ever seen before. You want to add to the beauty and the richness of the world with a gift, an offering that is uniquely yours. It's an act of selfishness and generosity, all rolled into one."

-- Bruce Coville,
The Last Hunt

Friday, September 13, 2013

Canopy Bookmark

Here's another from Martha Ess's Playing with Picots book.


This is the "Canopy" bookmark. I used Lizbeth color 159 Easter Eggs, and I think this pattern looks terrific in a variegated thread. I probably should have scanned it with a darker background, but I think the pastels look very fresh and pretty.

I usually put my tail at the top of the bookmark, but I wanted to do it without cutting the threads, so this is how it ended up. OTOH, it also looks pretty good upside-down.


When you turn it this way, my tail looks like a thistle head. Kind of cool, huh?

7 comments:

  1. This has a real elegance to it. It reminds me of the flowering trees in a lot of Japanese paintings to me. Nice work!

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  2. This is an interesting pattern wtith these long picots! very pretty!
    Petra

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  3. One of my favourite patterns, it always looks so effective in whatever thread used.
    But I like yours with that fancy tail and yes it does look like a thistle head when you turn it upsidedown

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  4. I like your bookmark and really like the tail.

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