Louise Smith

2.125 x 2.75 inches. This was inspired by the view from the SkyTrain in Vancouver as you head southeast on the Expo or Millennium line. I’m sure there were all sorts of houses in amongst the trees there, the good folks of Burnaby probably — but sorry, I edited you out!

I hand-painted the background and the rest is free motion machine embroidery. I snipped into some of the stitches to soften the look and help the distant trees stand out less from the background. I sewed the trees in the very foreground extra thick, so they’re literally closer to you. (My signature is in the impressionist style, shall we say, with those thick threads to sew through). I also used a little bit of white pastel dye stick to help the very distant threads look more faded.

Here’s a picture of the finished piece still in the 7-inch hoop, with all my messy workings-out on the side. You can probably see why I ended up with such strange measurements for the size of the finished piece, with so many scribblings to crop out.

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