I bought these lovely trims from Cathy Mackay’s booth “The Steam Trunk Craft Works” in 2012. I took a photograph of what I bought as soon as I got home, however I never posted it until a year later. Cathy saw the photo in a post I did showing off a challenge our guild did with her Sari silks. She contacted me and asked if I would draw this photograph.

At first the drawing was exactly as the photograph. However, after living with the drawing for about a month, Cathy asked if I could add to it. We agreed it looked a little blank behind the pink lace.

Cathy lent me some of her spools and I went to work! 2 1/2 spools became 4 1/2 spools but we kept the name.

I asked her if she wouldn’t mind if I held on to some of the larger spools for a bit longer. I wanted to draw them.

Which got me thinking… Cathy should be in my drawing project! I asked and she said yes!

The rest is history.

I’ve since done two more drawings of Cathy’s trims: “Some Pom Poms, Some Rick Rack and Some Lace Walk into a Bar” and “Jars of Pom Poms”

Details: 2 1/2 Spools of Thread

• colour pencil drawn on wood canvas
• 16 inches by 20 inches by 2 inches