I am not even going to try to understand where my inspiration is coming from. What matters is that it is oozing out of me. I spent the last four days working from sunup to sundown in my studio. What has been unusual for me is the way I am moving effortlessly between two different styles of my work: images of women, and using my delicious handdyed fabrics. These new images of woman are hand drawn on 100% cotton fabric and bordered with my handdyed fabrics, beaded and free motion quilted. The new long piece in my abstract series uses all of my handdyed fabrics. I learned to do this after spending a day with Elizabeth Rosenberg (www.elizabethrosenberg.blogspot.com) last fall. She taught me how to do these gentle curved piecing. It has been a wonderful way for me to create images that are metaphorical and abstract unlike my women. Both bring me great personal satisfaction and allow me to express myself fully.
So, below is Elizabeth, which I began tonight after working on my abstract piece below.
Creating the hair and headdress
My supplies
gorgeous colors
couldn’t resist sharing this photo of one of MANY woodpeckers at our birdfeeder. Just look at the magnificent color of his head and the line of his beak
This is my abstract piece to date. it measures about 48 long x 24 wide. It is still a work in progress
I realized I needed more contrasting colors as I began to work on this piece so I headed for my dye studio and whipped up these three colors.
Gently curved piecing before I begin to create the strips
more to come
