![line images001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/line-images0011-774x1024.jpg)
I saw these images of the arctic seas and was fascinated by the lines formed, though I did think they might be more open to fabric manipulation than stitching, but you never know….
![line images002](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/line-images0021-691x1024.jpg)
The above images are an assortment of straight lines, except for the image bottom right where the squares of the fence look like a grid over the contours of a map. All of these could easily translate to stitch, especially the top imagewhich seems to have great possibilities.
![line images004](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/line-images004-620x1024.jpg)
I have had the picture of these sacks of cotton for ages, wondering what to do with it – I think it is amazing. I’ve tried drawing the walnuts, both this image and the one in the colour images section, but very unsuccessfully, though I am sure they could work somehow.
![line images005](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/line-images005-928x1024.jpg)
This is another abstract collage that I think could translate well into stitching.
![line images006](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/line-images010-836x1024.jpg)
![line images007](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/line-images007-693x1024.jpg)
I photograph plants and trees a lot – there are so many different shapes and nuances in nature.
![take a line for a walk drawing001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/take-a-line-for-a-walk-drawing001-744x1024.jpg)
![take a line for a walk sewn002](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/take-a-line-for-a-walk-sewn002-786x1024.jpg)
![mark making001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mark-making001-701x1024.jpg)
![mark making002](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mark-making002-736x1024.jpg)
![mark making003](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mark-making003-e1297245468934-1024x736.jpg)
![mark making004](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mark-making004-e1297245529654-1024x722.jpg)
This was great fun and I probably could have gone on and on, but wanted to try some stitching.
![sewn marks001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sewn-marks001-889x1024.jpg)
![drawn emotions001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/drawn-emotions001-e1297245698457-1024x695.jpg)
![emotions - sewn sample001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/emotions-sewn-sample001-992x1024.jpg)
I’m not sure there is enough differentiation between some of these! And I don’t think you could immediately tell by looking at them what emotion is portrayed. So not a total success…
![alders photo001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/alders-photo001-e1297245815694-1024x693.jpg)
![alders worked sample001](http://cherryhirsch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/alders-worked-sample001-e1297245945783-1024x505.jpg)
Portraits of Earth is a wonderful book, full of ideas that could be taken into stitch. I did this a while ago, using the picture as a starting point rather than direct copy.