MAGPIE'S MUMBLINGS

A blog about my interests, which include fabric landscapes and various and assorted other artsy pursuits and sometimes known to contain mumblings of a random nature.

Monday, April 21, 2025

Introducing!!

 "Teabags and Rust"


FOR SALE
SOLD!
measures approx. 25x20"
and is inspired by this 
photo by Dale Stewart
(and used with his kind permission)


This one involved all sorts of new-to-me techniques - using tea bags; printing my own fabric using lace as the resist; dyeing cheesecloth and stitching with it (I've actually done that before); using washaway stabilizer to help create the dimensional grasses; and several other things I did that were different.  

- I found THIS to be quite interesting.  I don't felt my projects but seeing this means I might just attempt it!

- You might find THIS a fun thing to try.

- I thought THIS was an awwww-thing.

- I found THIS article of interest, even though I'm not an actual quilter.

Today your quote is from Galileo Galilei...."I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use"


20 comments:

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    1. Thank you Jocelyn! I think it's one of my favourites (so far).

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  2. The teabags are such an interesting addition to this great portrait.

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    1. Well, at least I got the urge to use teabags out of my system for now!

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  3. Anonymous12:30 PM

    Sherryofcreateology: Good Morning MA. Your landscape is wonderful. Your use of tea bags is amazing. This past weekend we had our annual St. George Art Festival and I met a lady who does beautiful Tea Bag Art. OrphanGirlFineArt.com and her name is Erin M. Linton. I was entranced. I hope you enjoy viewing her art. Our weather is lovely today. I hope yours is too.

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    1. Oh my - thank you Sherry! I loved seeing her art and feeling validated for using teabags myself...wish I could see it for real! I will link to her work in my next post.

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  4. Your landscape came out beautifully;)) What a lot of creative thought went into this one...I love your use of materials...
    just lovely work !!
    Hugs, Julierose

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    1. Thank you Julierose! I definitely had fun creating this one.

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  5. You really went in new directions here! Exciting stuff. Someone is going to snap this up.

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    1. Some might say I was way out in left field! It was fun living in that world for awhile though.

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  6. Wow, so many new techniques and a wonderful job done of it.

    God bless.

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  7. That turned out great!

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  8. this one IS pretty doggone awesome - love that ravioli sky!!!

    p.s. - that's a huge compliment - i see food in all kind of things where it isn't

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    1. HAh - ravioli, I never would have thought of that but you're right!

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  9. You did an amazing 👏 job.

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    1. Thank you! I had lots of fun with this one.

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  10. you just keep stretching and growing....huzzah!!

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    1. Now, what am I going to do for an encore I wonder?

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