An Experiment from a Photo

I wanted to create a fabric piece for the SAQA online auction from a photo I had taken of a stream in North Carolina.  This is the photo I decided to use for the piece:

I really didn't know how I was going to simulate the rushing water, so the following process was a total experiment.  First I laid out the rocks on the "water" fabric, then I took small snippets of cheesecloth and felted them into my background fabric using my felting machine.  When I had them about where I thought I'd need them I took them to the sewing machine and stitched them down.  I next added some unheated Angelina to the top and stitched it to the cheesecloth to give the water a bit of sparkle.  Then I added the foliage in the background and finally I satin stitched branches and placed yellow leaves in the foreground.  Lastly, on several of the rocks I added fiber paste (first time I ever used it) onto which I painted some green and yellow acrylic paint to simulate the moss growing on the rocks.  I had to give the piece a "haircut" from all the stray strings of cheesecloth and Angelina that were sticking out all over.  But I think my experiment worked.  Here is the finished piece, 12x12, for the auction.

And here's a close-up shot:

The online auction starts in September and the quilts can be viewed as they are sent in at www.saqa.com 

Week 11

It is Tuesday of Week 11 and I have my piece done, WOO HOO.

This piece was done using a Gelli-Plate and both stencils and rubbing plates.  I haven't done any stitching in it yet, but will do so when I know how it is going to be used, if ever!  I have no definite plans on how these pieces will be used; I just want to get in the studio and play each week. 

Week 10

I just finished my week 10 piece.  It is done by painting freezer paper circles with black paint (I had used them as a resist during silk screening and didn't want to waste the paint!) as well as some smaller circles painted on the end of a toilet paper roll.  The tiny circles are an eraser dipped in black paint.  I haven't done any stitching on this one yet, and it is attached to 910 stabilizer, as are all the rest of the weekly pieces.

I am keeping up with the weeks so far; I hope that can continue!!

Week 9

Here is week 9 of my weekly pieces.  I am up to date so far, Woo Hoo! 

I hand couched down some silver cording to delineate the fabrics, which added some dimension and bling.

Week #8

This is week 8 of my weekly 6 inch pieces, and it is a combination of fabrics I particularly like.  I added a strip of folded metallic mesh to the middle of the piece to give it a bit of zing.

The strips of fabric are all torn and then sewed down horizontally. 

New Year Project

I made a promise to myself at the beginning of the year that I would make a 6 inch piece of fiber art each week of the year.  We are currently in week 7 of 2016 and I actually HAVE 7 pieces made so far!  WOO HOO!  I am making them anywhere from 6.5 inches to 7 inches, and plan to trim them to a finished 6 inch size.  I have no color plan or any other kind of plan; I simply want to complete 52 pieces this year.  I hope to post them as I finish each one. 
Here is WEEK 1:

In it I used some rusted fabric, and did a weaving with commercial fabric and eyelash yarn.

WEEK 2:

This one is a tissue paper fabric, painted, and with some paintstick added through sequin waste.

WEEK 3:

Made up of torn commercial fabrics and some rusted fabrics around a piece of written fabric.  All the pieces are sewed onto stabilizer.

WEEK 4:

I have several different discharged fabrics in this one, several blacks, browns and a red.

WEEK 5:

Again, rusted fabrics, black and a discharged blue fabric which became turquoise after discharging!

WEEK 6:

I made this one using some of the fabric pieces I had leftover from my black and white piece (Previous post).

WEEK 7:

This piece is made up of silk screened images using metallic paint, a piece of fabric painted using a paper towel roll to paint circles in metallic paint and some fabric painted through a stencil with gold paint. 

Check back for additional weeks' works as the year progresses. 

I am in a "Black and White" phase, and this piece was inspired by a similar piece by my friend, Ann Lorelle.  I have added several elements to expand on her idea, and here is the finished piece.  The fabrics were painted through a 6 inch stencil, cut apart and then sewn back together.  I also included two silk screened images.  Can you find the two images that are different than the stenciled ones? 

I like the way it turned out, and recently make a postcard using my black and white fabrics.  I make postcards and send them out to my fiber artist friends for their birthday.