I like to start my beaded work with a fabric collage. I like how this one looks like a landscape! This is 8 1/2 x 11 and I am not intending to work this large (unless I want to complete only one!) I will cut the image area from this sheet of possibility and create from there. I found I had some pellon fleece and will use it, along with typing paper and the fabric. Before I can decide I will do a lot of stitching and will shrink it so there is texture.I have a book of 1930s-era art deco style cosmetics and soap labels and I will use that era as inspiration for my January piece. I went with a literal seasonal mood in the colors for the background. It doesn't really show in the scan very well, but there are metallics infused in the background.
This is MOST interesting!!! I hope you'll have time and energy to post pictures of your process as it develops... Wow! I love it and the way it "says" January in so many ways!
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oooh, despite the fact that I haven't quilted anything in more years than I can remember, I'm still a fiberholic. This is a wonderful start for your project, and it is SO January! I can't wait to see the finished piece!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your encouraging comments! You can see the area I selected in my Jan 12 post.
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