The textiles include dyed broadcloth, cheesecloth (first picture) and muslin, painted sheers plus some green cheesecloth that is in the midst of an appliqué block under construction. The orange and blue (third picture) is for the commission – I hope they like it! The other items are for sale – I planned to deliver them to the appliqué classes at Ladyfingers on the 9th & 10th, but the weather and other problems interfered. I was also going to get alum in bulk to try marbling, since I found I have good fabric paints, but that shop (Echo Hill Country Store) was completely parked up on Saturday. The first experiments will end up with grocery store stuff.
Picked up more sheers to paint today – JoAnn has them half off this
week! Just standard white and ivory fabric, not sparkly stuff like the blue. The detail (second picture) shows a couple starfish – they were printed with a Goyutaku rubber mold from Dick Blick – neat stuff, and not stinky like the not-so-recently dead creatures would be. When I got it, it had been handles so much that it was grey - they're very tactile objects. Some dish soap and spray cleaner took care of the hand prints, and gave it surface tension again.The green cheesecloth and detail is in the appliqué block – the
reverse shows the all-over stitching I used to tack it down. If you try this at home, use a rubber eraser to manipulate the cheesecloth, and also do prepared edge appliqué on top, *not* needle-turn. I also made up a sample using machine stitching to hold down the cheesecloth, which will probably get used for foliage. Both work.On the job front, had two offers I turned down - they both wanted someone for less money than I'd like (until I'm desperate) as well as starting tomorrow, which is tough when it's two weeks before Christmas. Plus I have an interview for a 'real' job Wednesday afternoon, and I DON'T want to mess that up!
Here's the cheesecloth in the appliqué under construction. The left picture shows the back side, and the right picture shows the front in detail.
Well, that’s it for tonight, but better than nothing! Let me know what you think – thanks!
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2 comments:
Your work looks very interesting. I love the overlays. Let us see the finished product!
Toni - thanks for the input - you're the first person to post a comment! So far I have sold the two pieces of cheesecloth and one painted blue sheer. The green cheesecloth with the wiggly blue stripe may end up in a book, so I can't publish the finished product until then. It's for Jane Townswick's applique class. Now I just have to figure out how to incorporate all her designs into an art quilt rather than the traditional applique.
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