November 28, 2007
Stuff n' stuff
I have been promising images of this comissioned baby blanket with quillow for a while. It is made of silk noil and is hand dyed with Procion MX dyes.
In making the patch, I soy wax batiked three love bird patches. I painted one and didn't like it. Then My guy and I went to the Wine Loft in town, had a night of it and in the course of the night I found a doily. The next day, I took the doily into my studio and over to the quillow patch. I started printing through the doily-which made nice fluffy, pretty cloud shapes. Bingo!
I love how it came out, it is super soft, and has a nice drape. I hope the woman who comissioned it likes it as much as I do. I swear the quillow patch took about 6 tries to get it centered and applied right.
oh and...
I love going over to National Geographic and looking at thier photographs. I popped over there this morning and found a grouping of photos that could be used for inspiration of textile designs. Then I started to get lost.