i watched
this video on facebook this week and it inspired me to take out my watercolors once again. i love the look of a watercolor painting but have not practiced enough to get good at using this medium. this video gave me some good pointers and i did something i hope to transfer to cloth....not in color but in white.
click on the images for close ups.
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| watercolors and inktense pencils |
i'm still having fun with my pleater that i showed you in
my last post. i'm trying out different fabrics and will probably make a sampler of some kind.
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| a double layer of cheesecloth through the pleater. the selvedged edge makes a nice finished ruffle. |
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| this is cotton lawn with some iron on transfers applied and run through the pleater. |
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| i decided to smock some of this to open up the pleats. this is 'my kind of smocking' i don't really know how to smock correctly. |
i'm close to finishing the top of my nine patched irregular pleated piece. i have to decide on how to edge it and what type backing to use.
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| 15" x 15" irregularly pleated squares with french knots and embroidered bands...all on habotai silk cloth. |
so it's been a busy, enjoyable, productive week here. we finally got some good rain yesterday and things are looking green again. the temperature has cooled down. it was actually in the 60s this morning and delightful. hope you all have a good weekend.
