Abstract embroidery - high five challenge

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I was so blown away by the creativity during the latest abstract embroidery swap that I decided to make another piece, this time for the challenge.

Since wood is the traditional 5th anniversary gift, I tried to brainstorm how I could incorporate wood into my embroidery piece. The idea of an abstract embroidery resembling the rings of a piece of cut wood was born. I created this using 5 colors of embroidery floss and used a faux wood hoop for the frame. I plan on listing this little piece for this fall’s STS.

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It was so much fun to make! Thanks for chrecking it out!

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I love this concept!

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I love the colors and design! Beautiful work!

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Clever thinking out of the box! They do remind me of the rings of a tree! It is a lovely piece!

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So striking! I love the slight wonkiness to the rings.

@megwell and I were totally brainstorming traditional anniversary gift ideas on the high five zoom! :laughing:

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Such a clever way to use “5” in your piece! It never occurred to me to think about anniversary gift traditions!

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This is so cool! I love your design, it looks fantastic!

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Lovely!

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I like your 5th anniversary-wood theme. The 5 rings are mesmerizing, in the rainbow colors, the undulating shapes and the graduated sizes. This needlework piece could depict a radiating sun or a deep galaxy. Nice satin stitch!

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Oh yes, I can see that too. The faux wood hoop is the outer bark and the embroidery shows the growing rings inside the slice of wood. As someone else said, very clever!

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Love this! The colors are great and love the irregular circle shapes

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Head over to the High Five Challenge and vote for your favorite entry by August 23!

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Ooo, mesmerizing! The colors are the ombre ones in the little LC scissors icon! Light blue for the thread title link. Heh, that’s what I’m seeing when I look at it.
I also see raygun zaps coming towards me. This is the brilliance of the abstract.
I opened a vintage address book at an antique store and the inner cover had a list of all the traditional anniversary gifts. I knew there were a few, but it was a long list. Did it have flowers and gems for birthday months as well? :thinking: I want to say yes.
I also agree, the stitching is so even, wow!

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Wow, I could stare at this forever. It’s so mesmerizing! :heart_eyes:

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:tada: :red_circle: :orange_circle: :yellow_circle: Congratulations!! Your beautiful embroidery is a FEATURED PROJECT!!! :yellow_circle: :orange_circle: :red_circle: :tada:

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