I've been fascinated with Tricia McKellar's
"
Flourish" series and noticed akinship shapewise with a
new piece I started last month. Tricia has generously granted permission for me to interpret her work in my medium.
Yesterday, I isolated the stitched shapes with soy wax and got it into a dyebath. I wanted a neutral gray but, as any attempt at black in whatever concentration, you get what you get.
In this case a rather nice dusty lavender that will work well in the long run. From here there will be much applique and dimensional work, both hand and machine stitching.
Given my new schedule, some real slow cloth in the works.
And finally, I finished the last of this set for another summer garden quilt. I think the border/edge on this one will be a series of overlapping leaves. That should take me through April or May.
The time I have to do artwork is so precious all of a sudden.
I spent most of this morning in the studio working on Flourish. they have an orchid feel to them although I've never given a real orchid a good hard look. They look more like creatures of some kind than plants.
They sell orchids in the grocery stores down here, the most expensive things in the produce department.
I'm going leave off with this now cause I've stopped feeling joyful about it - got a cold brewing I think - don't want to run off the rails the way I tend to when working past inspiration.
