Monday, September 11, 2006

Fiber Art for a Cause



Here's are two postcards I made for the ACS fundraiser at Houston. This is my first use of the fabric I painted with Seta Color. I used a leaf to make a not-very-clear leaf print, outlined it, and then quilted heavily in the background. I have a second one on which I outlined the leaf with heavy metallic thread used in the bobbin. I don't like it as well, actually, although the leaf shows up more. The funky flower is an ultra suede embellishment that I made for a hat when I was making and selling those, and I stumbled across it by accident and found it went perfectly with another piece of painted fabric. The leaves are also ultrasuede scraps. I fused the binding on these cards, and then stitched over the fusing. I like this look, and it's a bit easier than the usual binding. Compared to the examples on the web site, and other people's work I've seen, these may be too simple, not $30 pieces. What do you think? I'll keep going, I think, but I'd appreciate some feedback.

6 comments:

  1. very pretty ATC!

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  2. Anonymous6:46 AM

    Compared to the examples on the web site, and other people's work I've seen, these may be too simple

    Au contraire.... Some people like the simpler things... ya know a leaf is sometimes just a leaf... The "cause" is going to have to have a lot of styles/ideas etc. to elicit responses from the widest number of people.

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  3. Those sunprint leaves are beautiful...for the "simple" ultra-suede project, I can't help it, I want to see some bugs in there....

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  4. Anonymous9:31 AM

    Honestly?

    I would add some fun beads to the flower (but then you know me!).

    I plan to make about 5 using the ARTImage Challenge piece as the inspiration. Making these postcards is pretty addictive.

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  5. Thanks y'all. I had thought of beads, but rejected it because all the beads I have are the "glitzy" kind that I didn't think went with the sort of folk art look of the flower. Bugs--interesting. That I never thought of. I'll keep thinking, and check out my embellishment stuff again.

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  6. They're beautiful! I agree with Amy, not everyone likes the ultra-embellished look. There should be something for everyone.

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