Fabric and fusing Fun

Okay, so I have been slacking off on blogging.....yes I know "Bad ME."  Ah well, I have been trying to be a good person anyway.  I did drive my uncle to the hospital when he had to be there at 6 a.m. (too early for my guardian angel to be awake.)  Then I went back to carry him home also...and I stayed in WalMart two hours waiting for his prescription - because his MD always forgets to tell them the OTHER med that will interact has been stopped until this is over. 

So, I have been doing self therapy with paint and fabric.  First up, I painted a nice chunk of fabric (actually two at once, one on top of the other.)  And I LOVE this - 

Yes, slightly crazy but so HAPPY to look at.  The bottom one in the photo was 

the fabric on top while painting - it is more intense in color. 

I also chose four fat eighths of hand dyed fabric and fused it with Mistyfuse.

They are separate pieces that I can cut up for making whatever fabric art I want to make! Of course I am thinking "faces." You know I don't stick to "normal" colors. 

Ha ha! 

Another "therapy session" involved pulling a pile of random scraps 

What  mess huh?

Those were in this big jar where I keep odd scraps of batik and hand dyed fabrics.

The jar has a nice spout - that leaks!  So I repurposed it. 

But the fabric doesn't leak out like water or other beverages do. 

Of course I had to iron these scraps  to make them flat. 

Then I took a piece of Steam-a-Seam and put it on a piece of felt. 

Those strange pieces were cut and placed on the sticky Steam-a-Seam

with just slight overlaps so that all the felt was covered. 

At this point I can still pull off any piece and move it or replace it.

But I was happy with this one and decided to take it to the ironing surface

to steam it into place. Then I added a backing fabric, which I glue basted on

with Elmer's school glue. (it is a small piece and the back probably won't be seen.)

Next up I sewed around all the pieces to fasten down the loose edges where it overlaps.

Oops, I did a teeny bit of free motion in that one corner. 

I think I liked this better than when I quilted it.

Do you see a picture?  It was only planned as a non-representational abstract

But once it was tacked down and turned this way and that, 

we saw an image.

So, quilt it, I did. 

If you haven't guessed yet - don't look at the next photo

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Do you see it now?

It is a wide vase full of flowers and leaves. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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