Found and finished

I find that some textile pieces  just languish, momentum is lost, inspiration fades and the object lies reproachfully somewhere, often out of sight.  I'm therefore trying a "finish, donate or bin" approach to these objects.  In this spirit, I had a finish last night.

This quilt made up from two different planned quilts, neither of which came out as I envisioned.  As it is so busy, I've used it to practice my machine quilting and a binding method applying the binding to the back, and then securing to the front with a three-stitch zigzag.   The wobbly edges are due to the hanging, I hope.  I had some pieces left over, so had made a pieced back.

I'm not sure about this now, as it could be interpreted as having a religious element, which was not intended at all.

Learning from this one - watercolour pencils will not necessarily wash out, particularly red ones!

First outdoor drying 2013

A bright day at last with some wind, so the first chance of 2013 to get cloth dried outside.  It is a coincidence that this week I had to bring a backing cloth from Morley to wash, as I had been using puff binder which had bled through to the cloth.  

I love these cloths as they have overlaid images from the screen prints of lots of different individuals who use the studio at Morley.  A lot of these are test prints on to newsprint, to test paper stencils, hence the amount of print paste that has gone through to the cloth.  

The upside down surfers at the top are by Luke Best, an artist who is on our course.  He uses images that seem very simple, with great colour combinations.