TAST-Oyster Stitch

I have quite a few TAST stitches to catch up on, but I have decided that I am going to use them in a different way than before. Not all the stitches lend themselves for seam decoration and I don't have the inspiration to do the large blocks at the moment. I decided I would use them to possibly make ATC's or fabric postcards.

The first stitch was oyster stitch which I haven't done before. This is my first doodle using different thickness thread and ribbon. J thought it looked like a brain but the stitch spoke to me in a completely different way. It said sheep! So this evening this is what appeared.

I can't draw, so this is a cartoony sheep at best. D chose the eyes for me from my button tin. The head and body are stitched using two colours of Anchor Perle No 5. The legs are straight stitches using DMC 310 and the mouth was stitched in back stitch. The grass is stitched using narrow ribbon.

When he saw it, D said why don't you make it into a postcard. When I told him that was what I was going to do, he told me I wasn't allowed to give it away.

I think I may finish this later in the week and put it in his bedroom as a surprise. He is away for a few days at his dad's so he can find it when he comes home. As he has a bit of a cold, it might just be the thing to cheer him up.