Some of you guessed what I showed you the last time, or at least what it might be used for. What you saw is a bunch of tea bags that are being used in the new landscape I'm creating which will be based on this photo by Dale Stewart (and used, as always, with his permission)...
What you saw is tea bags drying on plastic after having been coated with Konnyaku to strengthen them. You'll have to come back to see what I'm actually doing with them!
And...I played with creating this...
Two layers of dissolvable stabilizer with snippets of threads, burlap bits and assorted 'stuff' that reminded me of what I was going for. Stitched and then the stabilizer was washed away.
- Here's a little 'did you know' tip (that I, obviously, didn't know until now!)...to find the right side of a fabric, look at the selvedge edge...the small pinholes are raised on the wrong side.
- Have a peek through the portfolios of THIS artist.
- For some reason THIS project caught my eye.
- If you have some seeds to share, perhaps making THIS to hold them might be fun.
This is your quote of the day...
I thought you needed a smile!
Boy, don't we ever need a smile these days--especially here!!
ReplyDeleteCute origami seed packets;)))
Lovely picture base for your next landscape--nifty use of threads for the hay--right? You are so creative...I love seeing
the progression of your pieces hugs, Julierose
I thought everyone needed a smile because it seems they are hard to come by these days.
DeleteAnd yes, the threads are for the grasses/hay area.
Hello MA: Love the photo, I am interested to see how the piece you created is used, very interesting how you got to that design.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links, love the quilted table mat.
Catherine
Hopefully it will work out for what I have in mind - never know until I try it!
DeleteAs for the table mat, I'm not sure which caught my eye - the colours or the design itself.
I always enjoy your new techniques when making your landscapes.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I try to challenge myself with some sort of new technique with every landscape I do. That way I don't get bored!
DeleteI might wear that collar. Already took two ticks off Moxie and one off myself. Ugh ugh ugh.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember ticks when I was a kid on the farm so they must be relatively new. They are nasty, that's for sure.
DeleteThanks for the smile. I needed that.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having a lot of fun with fiber in different ways.
That makes your pieces special.
That dried grass around the truck, we called Broom Sage even though it was just an overgrown grass of different kinds. Usually Johnson grass. I'm assuming long ago, people made brooms out of it?
I have a ton of different fibres in my stash that need to be used somehow. Doing this didn't make much of a dent so I might have to do more.
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