5-DAY CHALLENGE

Sherry Goshon is one of my favorite artist and I peek at her blog daily to see what she is up to.  Today she is starting a 5 day challenge on her blog.  She turned me onto this wonderful yahoo group FabricArtTraders, which I joined and then jumped right into the challenge hosted by Leilani!
Wow!  Fast-paced and scarey but with such artistic results!  Just look....

DAY 1     Altered fabric .....    You can treat it, dye it, applique it..   This  fabric  was  treated with  
                                                pebeo soile purple and blue paint and then sundried.   When it was almost 
                                                dry, using a dry brush and the blue paint, I made some swirls.   I really like it!

DAY 2     Layer your cloth onto a piece of batting, felt, or similar and machine stitch all over with a 

                contrasting or a complimentary thread.  (optional step * layer some organza onto the fabric

                first and using a burning tool, melt away the spaces of organza between the stitches)

               

                I used some sparkle organza and a sparkle net before using a multi-colored quilting thread

                to machine embroidery a free motion design.

DUE TO CAMERA ERROR - PICTURE IS LOST/DAMAGED......

DAY 3     Cut the quilted piece into 6 sections... (OIY VEY) yikes!  cut it!  are you sure?   Yes...then sew

                 the sections together onto a foundtion making yet another shape...here it is...wish I could have

                 been more original, but in my panicked state, a fan is all I could think to do!

The edges of my project were uneven, so I used a special foot on my machine and wrapped the raw edges

with some wonderful threads.

DAY 4     Embellish your piece using threads, etc...   Must be careful here, might have to cut it again; NO

                 Leilani assures us that we will not do anymore major cutting!  phewwww.....

So what was I thinking....about love....not enough room for the "e"...  a japanese cherry blossom tree ...a

favorite; about creativity AND that it was 1 am and my hand is swollen and hurting.... This is the best that I am able to do, but my will to finish pushes me to complete the day's work....

DAY 5     Make your project into a VESSEL, add something to make it stiff and add a backing.   Fold

                the piece and shape it into a vessel.   Add any additonal embellishments.

 

Okay, now my thoughts are, great this odd shaped thingy needs a bottom.  I used timtex to give it the shape of a vessel and to make the bottom.  After folding it, ribbons were added to tie it closed.  Some additonal ribbon embroidered flowers were added along with a silver-tone wire butterfly and some very important words.  Destiny....for the path I follow;    Serenity .... for gracefully changing those things that I can and acceptance of that which I cannot change;    Be Yourself ... to remind me to do just that...be ME!   Lov ... sharing God's love for me with others;  Create...  ways to make our world better; more beautiful; more caring......

Thank you Sherry for introducing me to the group....thanks to Leilani for this very unusual, but creative trip!