Bill is an absolutely amazing stitcher. He likes to work in pearl cotton and used lots of different stitches. In addition, he is confident enough to vary the stitch to suit his purposes.
On his penguins, he used a bargello background but in a single color so it doesn't distract from the penguins. Look as he cleverly did gray at the bottom of the sky to suggest mountains. In addition, he changed the background on the bottom so it looks as if the penguins are not floating in air!
The bottom photo is of bill holding a purse he stitched for his daughter. (Once again, my trust memory card failed me and I don't have a picture of the front of the purse.) But the tri-fold purse is absolutely stunning.
