Today I'm giving you a peek at my design wall.
In this first section, are a lot of little needlefelted items I am working on and a collage that just needs sewing down.
This second section is above my thread painting machine. The pansy is a watercolour I did last week, then the top landscape is a raw edge applique that I am adding poppies to. Below it is another leaf collage that is finished, but not yet mounted. Below the pansy is a needlefelted landscape that I am free machining over to use in ipod cases. The iris is a large raw edge applique that I am thread sketching on and below it are two little free machine practice pieces that will probably become journal quilts. On the right is the collage I showed yesterday.
In this third section are a lot of bit and bobs. The long skinny bit next to the collage from yesterday is mt current stitch sampler and the gold and green piece is a painted newspaper collage that has been foiled. It is finished, but I need to put a new backing on it. The two white things behind it are paper casts that I am still deciding what to do with. The tags at the top are fabric manipulation samples and the rest are just bits that I put up to remind me of stuff, lol.
As you can see, it is a large design wall, about twelve feet long, but I still wish for more, especially when
I am working on large pieces. It tends to change a lot, depending on what I'm working on.
Also, I have started my first page for the fabric book I am making.
I found that the pages are just the right size for two ATCs, and since I still have a lot of ATC bits and pieces, I think I will try and use them. The background is a piece of handpainted fabric and the two
atcs are covered in painted chiffon. The leaf on the left is heat distressed lutradur and the one on the right is tyvek. I an blanket stitching them down and when I have finished two, then I will sandwich them onto the felt and bind them in as one page. One down, 25 to go!
happy creating!
