Stitched Underwater Scene

DH’s parents treated us to dinner on the Ocean City boardwalk the evening before last. We dined, alfresco, on the patio of a restaurant overlooking the ocean. Later, we saw (through binoculars) a cargo ship and a huge barge being pulled by a tugboat about twelve miles off the coast.

Here is a scan of a little underwater scene I stitched a few years ago, inspired by Judith Montano’s Elegant Stitches. I always intended to turn it into a card for my FIL (who used to go deep sea diving) but never got around to it. The background fabric is a small piece of commercially made batik. I think it’s an example of how a seemingly complex background can add depth to just a few simple stitches…

Stitched Underwater Scene