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Finally finished this spider. Those things are hard to draw. Part 7 of something I'm working on.
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Made using just fabric from my stash. Mix of quilting cottons, japanese fabrics and pillowcases and sheets I've picked up from charity shops for the blocks - it worked out to be about 50/50 scraps/yardage, the sashing is good old Lincraft Homespun.
Blogged with a bit more info: craftblog.com.au/2009/11/22/my-current-quilty-wip/
Blogged about finishing the quilt here: craftblog.com.au/2009/12/01/declans-quilt-is-finished/
A very modest start...
I've been holding onto to my bundle of Tanya Whelan's "Darla" collection, waiting for the right project, and now I've found it.
mixed media collage works, in acrylic. I have been burning it up lately, and these are stages of works in progress. eventually i want to make time lapse gifs.
I don't know if this is the technical way to be doing the stem stitch, but I like the way this looks so I really don't care. ;)
My new project is to make a mixed media piece based on the prison door of Stafford Gaol which Emma Sproson describes in her memoires.
She speaks in some detail about the marks and messages scratched onto its surface.
The base of the piece is calico, on to which I have hand stitched further pieces of calico and linen.
I am now adding another layer of hand stitching as well as areas of PVA. I have scratched marks into the surface of the PVA and when this layer is dry I hope to add further layers of acrylic modelling paste, emulsion paint and then a top layer of acrylic paint ( and anything else which comes to hand!).
I hope that the final impression is that of a dark, multi-layered piece.
It measures about 3 foot by 4 foot at the moment, but it could end up much larger.
The day after the Sewing for Pleasure show. My desk.
I bought several exciting items, some of which I used today. I also tidied up my samples and used them to make cards.