Last night I was playing in my sewing room working on a red fish, trying to decide on the proper background quilting for her - this fish happens to be a "she". I abandoned my fish project and made this. It measures 8 1/2" x 12" . It is made of burlap, copper wire mesh, copper sheet metal, buttons, fabric and laughter. I had purchased little brads from the stationery department somewhere and used those to hold the items in place. The thread is DMC gold and copper and a red metallic. I can not explain where it came from but here it is and what great fun it was to create.
I am only starting to experiment with fabric painting. Here is an attempt made on a wonderfully warm Spring day that allowed me to drag all my "stuff" outside and just play. I try to be prayerful as I go about my play. It is therapy for me after being in an office all day working on "books". This fabric was first rusted the sprayed with paint then alcohol inks were dripped and dotted. I am working on the fact that there is too much white space and the the center holds all of the interest. My goal is to create backgrounds for my fish. I have more muslin in a bucket with nails getting rusted so keep tuned to see what happens to all of that. In the meantime, keep stitching.
