"Home on the Range" Pillow

  This is a little back pillow that I made for my computer chair. I had some leftover paint in my fabric painting palette one day, and I decided to use it up instead of washing it down the sink.

Here is the painting on the white fabric that I used:





It's not a great painting but I liked trying to create something from what otherwise would have been wasted.

Here is the top after I cut the painting down and sewed on some side panels. I also couched some yarn down around the edges of the painted area and on the border.

















This is the back fabric that I used. I sewed overlapping panels so that I could slip the pillow form in it.



Waste not, want not is a great philosophy.

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Renee's River

Renee's River

I'm looking forward to an upcoming fishing trip, so I thought I'd post a watercolor painting I made from a photo my friend  Renee took on a river. Renee and I will be sharing some good times soon, and this painting makes me think of her.

"The Royal Treatment"

In this post I am showing final photos of my peacock piece. I am very happy with the way it turned out!

"The Royal Treatment"

As you can see, I added a suggested horizon line with a sunset in the upper right, and ground surface for the peacock to stand on. I didn't want it to look like the peacock was floating in mid air. I also thought that the area in the upper right was very large and needed something to fill in the space. 

I decided to name it "The Royal Treatment", because peacocks look like the royalty of the bird world. They even have a crown!

Here are some detail photos:

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Beyond the Edge Exhibit Starting

"Pelican on Pier"

I am a proud member of Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists, and we have an exhibit opening soon at the Potaki Art Center in Mission Viejo. The exhibit is entitled "Exploration in Fiber" and it opens September 8th.  It will run for about two months. 

The Potaki Art Center is located at 27301 La Paz Avenue, Mission Viejo, CA. Phone number is 949-470-8470.

I hope you have a chance to see the exhibit. It will have a wide variety of art pieces from 7 different artists. 

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Constructing the Peacock's Tail

In this post I'm going to show how I made the peacock's tail.  The peacock's tail in my photo can be seen through, so I wanted to create that kind of effect.





There was also an iridescent quality in the feathers that I was hoping to mimic with fabric.

I looked at yarns with a glittery thread in them, as well as fabrics. I decided to use a combination of sheer fabrics. I used organza and what JoAnn's fabric calls "specialty fabrics". These are found in the bridal area.

The photo below shows the start of putting down strips of these fabrics.





I needed a combination of light, medium and dark strips. Here is another in-progress photo of the tail.


















I just kept working at it to give it a full appearance. Once the tail pieces were in place, I glue tacked them down and then machine quilted through them. The peacock is almost done at this point. My next post will be the final photos and details. Thanks for visiting my blog!