Week 30, Late

My entry this week is quite late because I've had an infection in my right arm, keeping me away from the studio for way too long!  I finally had the dexterity to make this piece, again in black and white.  I used strips of black on white which morphed into greys and then into black, with a strip of red in the middle.  The only stitching I've done is on the outer edge, to hold the piece together. 

Week 29

This weeks piece is a total experiment, and I'm not sure if it really worked.  I took a piece of black fabric as the background, then tore up a dryer sheet which had been painted with silver Lumiere paint.  On top of that I added a glittery mesh.  I didn't like the mesh all over the dryer sheet, so I took the piece to my sewing machine and sewed around each silver piece.  Then I took my small scissors and cut the mesh out of the areas where the dryer sheet is. 

I like that the dryer sheet has organic looking edges, but I'm still not sure I am pleased with the end result.  Well, it was an experiment, and sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn't!

Week 28, late

I am posting late for my week 28 entry, too much going on plus I've been dealing with a bad infection.  So much for that.  My entry this week is another weaving, this time with black fabric and some of my rusted fabric.  I love rust with black, can you tell?  In any case, it is done and now it is posted!  YEA!

Week 27

I'm trying a new technique I learned from an online workshop by Rayna Gillman, on strip piecing.  Now, I know how to do strip piecing, but her finished works are a bit more intuitive than the way I have worked in the past.  I like her idea of therapy sewing; just sewing 2 strips of fabric together with no real plan; then when you have a bunch made, you can try to assemble them together.  If I can stay focused enough, perhaps I can make a full art quilt using her technique, and maybe this is the beginning, who knows? 

I used a couple of commercial fabrics with some of my rusted fabrics and a discharged shibori orange piece I had.  After I had put it together, I found another fabric that would have made the piece sing, but I had already made a 7 inch piece, and didn't feel like tearing anything out!  Such is life, eh?