I began this artwork as a celebration of color. To that end, I dyed fabrics with thickened Procion MX dyes, cut them into rectangles, and fused them onto a felt backing. I wanted to add X’s to add to the design and reference handstitch on textiles but have them added subtly. So I screened the x’s on faintly with fabric paint so that the bright colors are the main event. I added some hand stitches on top for texture. To mimic miniature seed stitch, I screened tiny lines onto the circle and also added some actual stitches in thread for texture here, too. I fused brightly colored fabric strips onto the edges and stitched X’s in black thread to help guide the eye back out from the center.

I used double sided tape and stitches to secure the artwork to a white mat board on a foam board and then framed it in a wooden, champagne metallic frame. The back is taped with framing tape and hanging wire is attached. It is ready to hang.