The fourth ceiling to be featured in this series of five is the stained glass ceiling of the rotunda of the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne, IN.
I really love the criss-crossing in the center circle panels, but unfortunately I couldn’t figure out how to make it work with the scale I was working in (8″ x 10″ cardstock). The holes would have been so close together that I wouldn’t have been able to make separate stitches.
Another fun fact –this location was the spark that spawned the idea for the series. I was racking my brain (and Google) for something unique to identify Fort Wayne that could be represented in embroidery.
When I found images of the courthouse ceiling, I thought about the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco…
and then I thought of the rotunda at the Capitol …which leads me to the grand finale, number five of five!
Koto Embroidery 
really pretty, would be interested in seeing pictures of the complete set together
Unfortunately I took pictures really fast, and didn’t have enough space set up to put up the whole spread. In a perfect world I would have framed them all and photographed them as a set. Ah well. Maybe if I visit Chicago one of these days…