Hello,

This moth was in my yard this week.   I have never seen a live one before and it is beautiful .  Marty and I came across it when we were out side painting on Friday.  We were so taken by Elizabeth’s  spray technique when we were in Maine that we had to try it our selves. It was a lot of fun and we both have a new respect for what Elizabeth is doing.   It takes a lot of  skill to control the application and just folding the fabric is not all that is involved.   We altered lots of different types of surfaces with the paint.  From cotton,  satin to corduroy  and organza.    This play sent me off in a bit of a new direction.

Progress Report:  Painted Work I got all excited by the painted cloth and so I started and assembled a new top.  It is big simple blocks because I want to feature the painted surfaces.    Adding in sharp quilted lines will really extend and enhance the painted areas I hope.  I am really taken by the sometime crisp edges and sometime soft ones.

By the Shore   Now I am to the fun stage with this work as I am building up the surface with colors and textures.  It is so much fun to add all the different types of fabric, paper and yarn to the surface.

Encounters     I am still doing hand work on this project.  The base  is a mix of fabric that I did deconstructed silk screen printing   work on and some of Judy Roberts wonderful  hand dyed material.    It seems to become lost for periods of time and when I come across it again I see it with new eyes.  I think I am nearing the end as I add different types of stitches to the surface.  They have helped me solidify the vision for the work.

New work I am still building this piece.  At the moment I am not real delighted with it and feel it is only a background for something more.  It needs a focus I think.

Label Block  These nightly practices are moving along.  I am finding it very hard to keep the labels square sense I can not stretch the fabric.  I will not do a  hand project  like this again.

Keep Creating

Carol