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Wait for the face..It shall appear

August 12, 2008

“Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez”
More samples of flour/paste technique below.

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My best results were always on bleached or unbleached muslin.  I like the effect on all the fabrics…always different.  I have not had good [...]

The Holy Trinity of Nawlins’

August 10, 2008

DONE!  I’m liking it! Click for detail photo. thanks—->cj

The lattice look is very nice and allowed me to slip the towel holder in the center…3 on  each side.

I will spend a little time making sure the lattice work is spaced evenly.  I don’t have a clue what i will place behind the lattice work…I folded [...]

Capturing Childhood Memories/ The clouds have it

June 23, 2008

First Place!! Whoopie
I entered the switching into the Greenwood County Fair, here in Eureka, KS and to my delight It won a Blue Ribbon for 1st Place.  It will be competiting for a $1500 first prize soon.  Due Sept 5th.  I hope to add some florals to the grass…lavender buds…and hopefully find a place to [...]

Grass, Animals, and Such

June 15, 2008

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I am not committed to these farm animals.  Though growing up in the fifties, it was not unusal to see chickens in New Orleans…Horses were in more rural places…so I may not include the horse…I just laid them there as I was felting the grass.  They all have fusible web on [...]

Playing with angles and scenes

June 14, 2008

I must admit that today I became totally consumed by the different angles of the porch and steps.

Later, I decided that I simply had to spend hours looking for fabrics with obvious direction and stripes…etc…I was fascinated at the potential stripes hold for getting angles on the porch and steps.  I finally snapped out of [...]

Capturing A Childhood Memory In Cloth

June 12, 2008

It all began with a fabric find at a garage sale. We were destined to meet. I did not attend the garage sale. A friend told me about it days later and mentioned he thought the lady still had the bag of fabric for only 10 bucks. She and I spoke on the telephone. The [...]