Where have I been and what have I been doing since last Thursday - well it must be the cold wintry weather but I keep losing myself in books lately and it means I don't have as much art to post as usual! Last week I read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini and oh, my goodness, it made me realize that I should never ever complain about my life. It was an incredible read - very powerful and moving.
On the creative front, I have finished my inchies for the next fabric inchie exchange run by Kathryn Robertson through Aus_NZQuilters. This time the theme was "plastic" so it was open season for lots of experimentation. The ones at the bottom of the picture were way too dimensional for a good scan but I am feeling slack and can't be bothered taking a photo. This is my contribution - 9 different styles, from top to bottom:
On the creative front, I have finished my inchies for the next fabric inchie exchange run by Kathryn Robertson through Aus_NZQuilters. This time the theme was "plastic" so it was open season for lots of experimentation. The ones at the bottom of the picture were way too dimensional for a good scan but I am feeling slack and can't be bothered taking a photo. This is my contribution - 9 different styles, from top to bottom:1. Synthetic lace fused to felt and painted with Citrine Lumiere Paint, overlaid with green sequin tulle and stitched with synthetic fibre.
3. Red plastic sheet fused to felt, topped with textiva strips (which have been ironed together and then “decorated” with a wood burning tool), a plastic domed sticker and stitched around the edges with plastic metallic thread.
4. Plastic wallpaper painted with diluted acrylic paint and fused to felt. Hand stitched edges with an overlay of organza and a plastic flower jewel.
3. Red plastic sheet fused to felt, topped with textiva strips (which have been ironed together and then “decorated” with a wood burning tool), a plastic domed sticker and stitched around the edges with plastic metallic thread.
4. Plastic wallpaper painted with diluted acrylic paint and fused to felt. Hand stitched edges with an overlay of organza and a plastic flower jewel.
5. White and gold striped plastic bags fused together and then to felt, topped with large black plastic “rubber” stickers and small plastic ear-ring stickers.
6. Black and gold stretch synthetic sequin fabric fused to felt
6. Black and gold stretch synthetic sequin fabric fused to felt
7. Colourful fabric fused to felt with handstitching in gold thread around the edges, topped with small pieces of Lutradur which has been painted and had holes melted in it with a wood burning tool.
These were great fun but I am glad they are finished as I feel like working on something less fiddly. Today I am going to finish my Calendar Girls postcard for July. I started it yesterday afternoon before I went to a lingerie party and I had planned on finishing it last night, but once again I got stuck in a book instead!
6 comments:
Hi Debbi, What a great bunch of ideas you sare here with us!! Thank you very much.
That's a lot of 'inchies' Debbi. Bit of a production line. No wonder you got stuck in a book afterwards.
Cheers
These are all great inchies, I love the whole set. In fact I tried to chose my favourite row and I couldn't, they're all so great.
Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog post, it was much appreciated, but I can't think why you would want to loosen up, your work is fantastic as it is!!
Very, very cool inchies! I'm reading 'The Kite Runner' right now, love the way he writes.
These inchies are brilliant Deb! Thanks for sharing what went into them - it makes them all the more interesting to go back and have another look! Val
What a feast for the eyes your blog is. Always come away thinking 'must try that'.
Love all the inchies - very experimental.
Just bought that book, have yet to start it.
CG postcard great as usual - I'm having real trouble with the pink.
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