It's taken much longer than I expected to make a decision with this Old Man. He was smaller than I like so in order to enlarge the piece I used black denim.
How much? I wanted him offset and pushed down by the 'storm'.
Then I was stuck with how to show the snow. Last time I used paint, but it was a much larger piece and the smallest line on that would have been overwhelming on this rendition. Bits of Cheesecloth, string or wool?
I tried them all. After rooting through the attachments I found one with a grove that would guide and hold the piece of thin wool while it was stitched. I ended up unravelling a 4 ply poly yarn and used that.
I went ahead and totally finished the piece with a pillowcase binding and a hanging sleeve.
I still may add more 'snow' and /or a black binding. I'll live with it for awhile.
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