So is That What It Looks Like?

The November Fast Friday Fabric Challenge, microscopic and paint or dye

Cellular view of a condition I have, was amazed when I looked it up it was kind of pretty on a cellular level.

Started with deconstructed screen printing using dyes, then added some stenciling with fabric paint, minimal free motion thread work topped off with puff paint to give it that 3-d quality.

Finished at 8.5 x 11 in

Cosmos, Fast Friday Challenge

This Ia a mixed media piece for the Fast Friday Challenge. I used black canvas and added layers of paper towels with Shiva paint stick rubbings. There is decorative rice paper, cheese cloth, metallic paints and finished with some sprinklings of beads. I think this looks to crowded but did enjoy playing with some things I am not used to working with.

60's Style

This piece has been a challenge for me from conception, I have had to use and stretch some design principles. I have had trouble with getting the perspective correct for both vehicles, Since they are two separate photos taken at separate times this has been troubling. I have worked it out well I think.

I used my Selective rusting technique on the vehicles and was able to add some rust to the quilted rock wall to add depth and dimension to it. I have used mostly rusted fabrics on the background and border to enhance the picture.

I finished the background quilting on this to keep the hole piece simplistic and I think it helps give more weight to the feeling of it being aged. The tulle shadow add just the right touch.

Finished piece is 21.5 x 29.5 inches

Left Out In The Snow

I was stopped in my tracks when I came across this firetruck. It was knee deep in snow and had been plowed in good. I was able to capture several shots. This particular shot spoke to me and was transformed to fabric. This uses an outline of the picture printed on fabric, I the rust dyed the doors and sides that I wanted to show as rust, I then hand painted with fabric paint in with a watercolor effect. Free motion embroidery edges areas of the truck and the quilt lines. I did not feel the need to background quilt as I felt the cloth speaks for itself. I appears old and warn like the truck and that suits this one perfectly.

Second picture is a detail shot of the first picture

Firetruck Detail

This is the detail shot of Left Out In The Snow, processed the same way with original photography, rusting, fabric paint, free motion quilting

Swirling Nine

This was also painted interfacing fused to layers of fabrics. I then added painted fusing to lay over various bits and strips of threads and fabrics. I then swirled on paint and heated to expand. It was finished with hand painted buttons.

Butterfly Garden

This was a fun piece done by layering various thickness of painted interfacing. The butterflies are embossing powder affixed to a foil and then attached. buttons are UTEE and embossing powder then dotted in centers with paint.

Barn Doors

These where done like the trucks they are smaller at 10x13.

Libery 2 finished

I was able to finish Liberty 2 today. There was a snow day so I got to play. I photo transfer the border and then fused it over the previous border. I then backed and quilted the piece. i am very happy with the outcome of this.

Liberty hill farm truck 2

This picture is larger than before I had to use two pieces of fabric and piece them together to get the size i liked. I feel this one is much more realistic than the first one. I used the same processes accept added some Angelina fibers to get some added iridescence.

Liberty hill farm truck

I took this picture near my home in Bedford NH at the Liberty Hill Farm for a the Urban Decay challenge. This online challenge is to take a picture of urban decay and transform it in fiber art. I first transformed picture in Photoshop and then printed it on treated muslin.The picture was then hand painted.,it them has free motion embroidery and thread painting. The outer border was transformed with melting the fabric and adhering painted fusing, to get the rusted effects.

Purses

Theese were quick and fun. I used a piece of scrap hand painted cloth and backed it with old hami-down quilted cloth. Finished with some thread painting and then just add the zipper. It will be nice to give them for holiday gifts.

Christmas cards

I have been making some fabric art Christmas cards here is the first batch. The backs are plain muslin for eazy writing.

Autum String Play

Autum String Play, This was fun playing with thoose leftover threads ands and clippings. I had been out that morning on my bus and the first heavy frost covered the autum trees with there colorful leaves on the trees and on the grass. I tried to capture the colors that glistened off of the frost.