Creating Fabric Art

Vintage fabrics and needle crafting go hand in hand. When I find a quilt, fabric or vintage clothing my mind thinks “what can I do with that?”.  

I started marking prayer flags after a master quilter started teaching us to make prayer flags.

I was addicted to creating these miniature pieces of art.

I was drawn to these sweet baby dressess.  I started embroidering and creating a memory dress.

I use pictures on fabric paper, vintage fabrics, laces and embrodiery threads.

Sweet little babies!

I display these by vintage hangers.

Marian @ Miss Mustard Seed did a blog post on Framing a Baby Dress.  I followed her lead and framed my dress.  

Broches and pins are fun to make as well.  They add a beautiful texture to outfits and art.

I have found that jackets are inspirational to stich.  Slow stiching is so calming to my mind.

I will continue on my fabric journey.  "Sail On " was created on a vintage chenille quilt with laces and seed sack fabrics.  

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Beauty of the day

The beauty of old buildings calls to me. The history surrounds them and you wonder who wandered around?

 

Looking at this quiet pasture, it feels like all is right. But in reality this was the first time I was out doing a drive, to get my hair cut. 

My hair needed a trim, probably like most the nation. My hairdresser just opened this week. She had to move out of her space downtown because of the stay at home order. 

Her new space is her tiny home. It is a lovely cabin on their property. It was a bed and breakfast but due to Covid-19, she had to cancel all reservations. 

I appreciate all that small businesses have to do to survive these times. With my mask on, I went in and had the best hour!  It felt so nice and as normal, as it could be with both  of us having our masks on!

These times are different and difficult for so many. I was grateful for a moment to enjoy a haircut. Of course, we discussed the reactions, good and bad, of people during this pandemic. 

I am so grateful that my family have been healthy. We have been at home and my children, now adults, have been our supporters. Being a healthcare worker, this is the first time I am not in the thick of the healthcare industry. I had retired in January and was doing a consulting job when the pandemic roared its ugly head.    

Doing a routine act, the simple pleasure of a haircut, making it a treasured moment. 

I hope you take a moment to do an act of pleasure for yourself. A walk in your yard to look at the sky and just breathe. If you are working or going outside your safe space be healthy. 

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Fabric emblishments for my botanical papers

I love learning new techniques. As part of my Botanical Class,http://fracturedangelics.indiemade.com/product/botanical-collage-mini-class?tid=5, from Kate Thompson, she taught the steps to take stencils or stamps to create an extra piece of embellishments. 

I took a vintage piece of fabric and applied my materials to create designs. 

These will add a great layer to the botanical papers. 

I also used some ribbons to create butterflies and dragonflies. 

      A little sea, to scatter among the papers

 

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Botanical paper dying

It has been raining here in Western  North Carolina. I had promised my nieces I would do natural paper dying. To do this we needed to pick fresh leafs, flowers, whatever strikes our fancy!!

It was drizzling and we headed out to the yard and neighborhood with our scissors. We ventured to the neighbors and even to the roadside. 

I spotted a mushroom in my neighbor’s yard and picked up her dropped pink and red rose petals. 

We took our assortment of papers and picked out weeds, flowers and leafs to make our designs. I had bought some letters from a friend in Michigan. She sent a stack from the 1900’s. My niece read the letter and didn’t want to use it because it was so lovely.   

It start “my Darling girl”. Oh so special. Anyway. As the packets were soaking we shared thoughts of boys, friends and dreams. It was such a special afternoon.   

We pulled our papers out and we’re excited for them to dry and talk about our next project.

We are excited for the next step of adding elements to our pages. Journals, art, cards and embroidery. 

Di

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Botanical papers

Loving all things botanical.  Over the years, I have collected vintage flower prints and pressed flowers.

 I eeven dried ferns, mounted and framed them for display.

 

I saw that Kate Thompson had a class on Botanical Collage Mini class.  I thought oh How FUN!  I quickly collected my papers, graph, lined, copy paper, watercolor paper...anything I could find.

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I collected flowers from the house and yard and placed them on the papers.

  

 

 

Now I am hooked on dying papers.  Here is the after effects, I love the colors and variations

     

A added bonus is I get to dry these flowers!  The second viedo will tell me how to use these.  I can't wait.

  

I will continue my class and post the final results!

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