I made a bit of progess with Ruby Slippers last night - yes, while watching the Superbowl - no, I don't know anything about football. I'm going to try to keep this piece simple. All that's left is to finish the second shoe and bind it. Cloth painted with acrylics, washed with wood stain & rubbed with Shiva Paintstiks - hand embroidery and beading.
This arrived on Saturday in the mail from a great textile/collage artist, Karen Stiehl Osborn http://www.karenstiehlosborn.com/ . We agreed to trade 4x6'ers and I think it was a WIN for me! Isn't this small piece of art marvelous? Lots of texture and depth. A really great addition to my growing collection. Thank you so much Karen!
I'm a Painter Wanna-Be so on Saturday I tried my hand at interpreting that squash photo I posted earlier in the week.
An artist's group I belong to was discussing Garden of Eden motifs....one painter had us in stitches (ha! only figuratively as I'm the only textile person in this group) over her thoughts on an image of an Angelina Jolie/Mother Theresa/Evil Snake image. Anyway, this discussion lead me to start this piece that will end up being at least 12x12" (double digits all around - yea). It uses all my hand dyed fabric and is hand appliqued. It's about ready for some free motion quilting and then the embellishments will start. It looks kind of cool in my mind's eye.
I made a bit of progess with Ruby Slippers last night - yes, while watching the Superbowl - no, I don't know anything about football. I'm going to try to keep this piece simple. All that's left is to finish the second shoe and bind it. 
