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Melody, I am trying to stretch and flex a bit more. I have been playing around with my hand dyed fabrics and commercial solids. I can not be so presumptuous as to compare myself with such a artist as Mel. But then, coming from the age old mindset of
waste not, want not", what shall I do with these bits of flexations?
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| hand dyed blues, plums, and chartreuse, shot cotton and grey cotton |
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| light grey & black cotton and white sateen cotton |
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| hand dyed Dijon and white sateen cotton |
It would seem that they are just the right size for pillows. So why not?
It is just another obsession of mine. I call it
cuddle art.
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| plays well with others |
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pillow front
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| pillow back |
Have any of you been flexing and stretching lately?
They are so cool! I dyed some fabric today, you are inspiring me!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary, for the inspiration and for the "waste not, want not". I did not know this idiom, and like it very much. It is very interesting how these ideas are cross-cultural spread. In Spain, we have the same proverb, only we say it in Spanish (really?): "el que guarda, halla". It literally translates as "he who conserves it will find it."
ReplyDeleteLike those pillows. Very much.
Wonderful pillows! I love your work in solids/hand dyes. Very inspiring.
ReplyDelete"Cuddle Art"! Wonderful! I've been flexing and stretching today in my sewing room but not sewing. I'm finally painting my room after 7 years of ugly walls. I was flexing and stretching ripping out paneling and scrubbing mold off the walls. Not a glamorous job, but it must be done.
ReplyDeleteThese look great.
ReplyDeleteThese are yummy and I love the term cuddle art. So apt.
ReplyDeleteI must stretch myself artistically too. (I hope it doesn't involve touching my toes!)
Are we both playing follow the leader? I think so! And isn't it fun?
Hmm...I have been doing a bit of flexingans stretching...and plenty of 'What the heck was I thinking?'
ReplyDeleteNo reason why you should not consider yourself with Mel; she's undoubtedly a superb fibre artist, then, so are you. Just that your stuff is so different to Mel's, you can both have fun flexing and stretching!
I also thankful, like Angela, about the idioms and expresions I learn from you.
ReplyDeleteStretch and flex? I'm doing not much but this lately. With needles and screwdriver too... I need a new studio look!