Here we are today as Ginkgo Fan Dance goes to live with Jenny.
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Japanese cottons, machine appliquéd with thread play.
Double fold binding, hanging sleeve attached.
After working with some ginkgo leaf gelli prints, this favorite design motif inspired another small art quilt. It's in progress now....stay tuned.
I have to laugh, the box indicates for ages 6+. Young kiddos surely would be less fearless than I was (probably because their parents would have cleaned up any mess.)
Two nearly total fails back to back! Maybe I should just keep the results to myself......still it's always fun to explore new avenues
The first one: My thoughtful DIL gifted me an "Indigo Paint Kit" she purchased at SFMOMA after visiting one of their exhibits. I've indigo dyed many times, but was curious about this little kit because it was for 'Indigo Paint'. The instructions did not require the fabric to be soaked in soda ash, so I'm thinking okay powdered paint....because it had a small packet of indigo colored granules.
Foolish me, it was such a small amount that surely I wouldn't need a lot of room to work. I'm a careful tidy person, right? Gulp....no matter what I did, the powder would not dissolve. It was gritty, slimy, goopy mess that would not work as "paint" applied to fabric with a brush as the instructions implied.
In the process of dealing with fabric, paint, stirrer stick, brush, & plastic drop cloth, all having to be carried to the garbage & my laundry tub, somehow stains appeared in my carpeted studio. NOTHING I tried worked to make them totally disappear.
Talk about disappointment! Bummer...... We had noticed that the paper bag it came in was stained at the top....not sure if that had anything to do with it...the powder appeared dry and should have dissolved.
Onward I say........because I was looking forward to working with a "pour kit" a friend had given me. Come back tomorrow and see that disappointing project...but at least I did this one in the garage!!!
NFL training camp has begun......so we pause fiber posting today and move to the Green and Gold. I'm told Green Bay is hopping with visitors from all over the country enjoying the pre-season atmosphere.
One of most heartwarming events is seeing kids lined up with their bikes/scooters, hoping one of the players will walk over and choose their mode of transportation to take them along the road to the practice field. The kids walk along side, holding the players helmet. What a thrill for some young child. LOVE IT!!!
Printed just 3 days ago and I've already dug into the new batch of gelli printed fabric. Love the ginkgo leaves.
Here are some notecards and gift tags in the making. The last photo features mono printing using the tops of small plastic cups and the edge of a hotel room key. After reassessing some of my fabric gelli prints, I decided they needed a redo.....
My passion for gelli printing has rubbed off....two pals recently purchased plates so we had a little instruction play date. Both created successful prints (on fabric....we after all are quilters!!)
I suggested working with foliage in addition to having fun with texture materials. Printable leaf options around our home with only 2 year old plantings was slim. Thankfully both friends brought great options. See some of our results below.
Though much of my work has featured machine appliqué, I still love getting back to tradition. And that means hand appliqué.
