The Dock

Finished stitiching  The Dock, stitching always brings the raw edge applique to life.
Also finished cupcakes, and added some bling :) The Dock is all hand stitched whereas the Cupcake one is machine stitched.
Two more to go.

The Jive

Here is the third one done in Pamela's class, still needs stitched. I have several pieces now that need stitching. The challenge here was to show emotions/mood...I think I've caught the 50/60's jive, music and fun...right down to the poodle skirt.  I am working on Lesson #4, when that is done I can get with the stitching.
June 3rd and we are having wet snow, not nice at all!

Sisters

I have been so lazy keeping up my blog, just too much happening.

This is a piece I did in Pamela's class, the challenge was to take a palette of one of the masters and use the same palette to create a composition. I chose one by Henry Matisse, re-created it in fabric and then the third one is the same color palette and my composition. I call it 'Sisters' , my dear oldest sister played the piano and I always wanted to play stand up bass :) Using Pamela's method there is no drawing, the scissors are the drawing tool.
I have another one I started in the class but haven't finished yet. Still snowing up our way, and I can tell you I am sure ready for spring!!

Beginnings

I have been so neglectful of my blog. Find that I'm not spending much time online. Anyway, I just finished a piece for a new group I belong to. It is a Haiku group, once a month we are given a word to kick start our imagination. We are to write a Haiku and then put it to picture.
This month our word was 'beginnings', this is our first challenge.
I chose the newborn for my Haiku. Spending so much time at the hospital with my Mom I have witnessed so many new borns and hope they all have a rich full life.

Beginnings:

behold your journey

embrace enjoy entirely

beloved little one


I chose a piece of my snow dyed fabric, love the way it portrays the rays of sunshine, and all the wonderful colors of our world with some turbulence a long the way. I free cut the silhouette from a rough sketch  and added some hand stitching.

FFFC#50 Haiku: Dandelions

Finally back to doing the FFFC challenge. I had fun with the October one. Our project was to create a Haiku and put it to cloth. Here is my Haiku:
seed pods billowing
the dandelion releases
its glaze of yellow