what have I been up to....?

I haven't posted in ages. I would like to say I've been very busy but I'm not sure what I've actually been doing....

I made a 6"x4" postcard with the fabric sent to me by Anna at Serendipity for her rust challenge.


Anna's photo looks better on her blog! I wanted to pleat the fabric or tuck it or something... and then cut into it. But I used too much of the original fabric and it looked to orange and overwhelming. I think with hindsight, I should have ripped the original fabric into bits then attach the bits to a base fabric and then manipulated that.

So... I added some embellishment with seed stitches and beads and as it was obviously now a linear landscape (yet again!) I added some embellishment to the foreground.

I had been toying with the idea of weaving the rusted fabric (I may still do this...) so I added some long stitches and weaved strips of rusted fabric, scrim and thread. I then overstitched that with long stitches and beads. I like how the beads are free to move...

The metal at the top is one of Anna's beads unrolled.

I really enjoyed this challenge. I've never worked with these colours or synthetic fabric before but I feel I've tried some new ideas and have more ideas to developing...

2. I've made something for someone but can't show it yet... but it has got me thinking about edges.. in particular paper edges, and how to finish them to create an interesting profile...

3. er...

4. I want to start listing all the things I HAVEN'T done...