Monday, February 2, 2015

Voids, sketching and watercolor

I finally got all sixteen of my "Voids" wrapped around canvases.


I have them all next to one another to get the picture, I doubt if they will be displayed this way. I still have labels to put on the backs and hanging wires.

I did my first sketch and watercolor assignment. Not perfect, but then it's a learning experience and it was much easier than I expected. I should do one a day, then I probably would improve.


While clearing some things out about a year and a half ago I found a small bag full of 1 1/2" squares, fabric samples I had ordered a very long time ago. I dumped them into a bowl by my sewing machine and sewed a couple together almost every time I'd sit down to sew. Then threw those in a bag. I've now pieced them all into a quilt top.

It's about 44" square. I have no current plans for it, but it was fun to do.

The Weekly Leaf, year two.
I printed this weeks leaf last summer with a variation of deconstructive screen printing. It's a grape leaf that I coated with thickened dye, placed on a screen and let dry. This is how it looked on the screen after the dye dried and I pulled the leaf off.

Then using clear print paste I printed it on hand dyed green fabric. I did about five prints, the first three were very faint. I've used the last one, on the right below.

Week #5 year 2



Daily Stitching updates.

Silk Fragments #27 -#33




The Daily Paper #320-#326



Linked to "Off the Wall Friday"

8 comments:

  1. OH my gosh......you are making me feel VERY unproductive.....everything you posted makes me want to run and pick up a needle. The Voids piece is stunning....really, really stunning!

    BTW - perhaps an invitation to Idaho would make me come out of retirement....grinning....

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  2. Mary said it all. I can't believe how much you accomplish, making me feel like a lazy slug. I, too, love the voids and everything else!

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  3. I agree that Voids is stunning. You have made me want to get on with some hand stitching again.

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  4. Another vote for stunning here and I like them all displayed together like that.

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  5. I too like the voids displayed together, but I also think they would be really compelling spread out along a single long wall or something.

    Your printed and embroidered leaf is awesome- I love that combined texture from the printing and stitching.

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  6. The voids are extremely elegant together like that.

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  7. Hi Linda
    I am a bit behind with my blog visiting and commenting! I LOVE what you have done with the voids. It is also inspiring for me, because I have been thinking about doing a FMQ motif sampler in black and white squares and wondered if it would be too auster. But I really like the effect of what you have done Your stitching is so elegant.
    I also really like what you have done with all those little squares. The piece is great fun!

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  8. Hi Linda
    I am a bit behind with my blog visiting and commenting! I LOVE what you have done with the voids. It is also inspiring for me, because I have been thinking about doing a FMQ motif sampler in black and white squares and wondered if it would be too auster. But I really like the effect of what you have done Your stitching is so elegant.
    I also really like what you have done with all those little squares. The piece is great fun!

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