Labor Day

I wasn't really sure what to make today. I considered a piece highlighting the significance of Labor Day, including some things we have today that are direct results of the labor movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries (40-hour work weeks, the concept of weekends, vacation/sick days, workplace comp for injuries, laws about child labor, certain safety regulations). I got a little bogged down in facts and interesting stories, so I stepped back from that idea and decided to do something more abstract for today. 

I have a lot of small pieces of patterned fabric, and this one is one of my favorites. Geometric patterns are my jam. There are so many ways to stitch on top of this fabric: the diamonds, the cubes, hexagons, various star patterns.

I decided to focus on various diamond patterns. Not all the lines are stitched, and there are only three lines outside of the diagonal pattern from left to right (see if you can find them).

It's also fun from an angle:

I may revisit this fabric again and focus on one of the other patterns. It would also be fun to stitch on the reverse, maybe a quote or something else I design.

Details:
Stitches: back and blanket stitches
Thread palette: DMC 797 (3 strands)

Other materials: small square of fabric