Collage with silhouette

   I certainly don't know where my days/weeks/hours go...seems I am always busy!!!  I did get the 12"x12" challenge quilts in the mail this week so that's off my list!  Can't wait to show what I've received from two of the ladies already!!!  This is a great challenge to do with a small group.  

I've been working on creating some silhouette designs to use for our theme in Hilary's MIP online class.  This one was from a cement walkway at a park in Florida and I think it will make a good silhouette.

I do like feathers and think this is a cool design but lots of detail so would need just the perfect background for my theme.  Only problem, I still don't know what my theme is!!  

In my last post I showed a drawing I had finished based on our lesson last week.  Mainly, we're just drawing 'lines' vs actual piece.  I was happy with this design and used it as inspiration for creating my collage piece for this week's lesson.

Colors were just some papers I chose from my 'stack'!  Although, I really need more painted/dyed papers.  Hard to believe, I know, but just like fabric, you never have that particular color/shade you want, right!  

Here is the start of my piece...the center is a piece of deli paper I printed...background is a screen print paper.

I just added a blue/gold piece in the center...

And now overlaid with a stencil....not the best stencil but just wanted to play with the 'lesson'.  This piece is only 8"x8".  OK, let's be honest...I didn't do a lot of detail with choosing background papers...but sometimes less is more, right!  Give me fabric and I can create a patchwork piece...using papers I think I try to hard.  Hence, less is better for me!  

One of my friend's, friend in Florida, who does photography, sent me a great silhouette from a picture he took!  I think I may have found the perfect silhouette and now just need to decide on the background!  I am now excited about this module we're working on.  I just have to work on more drawings for my background to go with my stencil (which I'll show later!).  

She's Back!

 

Yep, I am back (again!)...stitches have been removed and I've been sewing finishing up the 12"x12" challenge quilts that need to be sent out to the four recipients! Can't show pictures until I send them out but here is a sneak peak!   Hard to see but there are two dogs on my lap while I was sewing!  You can see Gigi and only part of Kalee!  

Back working on our online class with Hilary!  We started working on silhouette designs two (or more!) weeks ago.  I did get some designs traced and cut out. 

It's only fair that Kalee gets to be showcased too!  She was sitting up on my table in my wet room while I cut out silhouettes!

Playing with layouts of some silhouettes. 

I wanted the reverse and had cut out extra pieces so I l painted the back of it!  I kinda like what was left on my paper!

Back playing...there are two different sizes on this piece.

Lonely little flower!

This is a larger one I cut out (fills 8"x11" page).  It's fun to reduce or enlarge a design.

I like the simplicity of this one too.  It's interesting that we're doing this technique for our latest module.  Check out what a wonderful piece Mary Stori did adding a silhouette to her piece!  Mary has used this technique in her work often and I love what she did with this simple patchwork (not simple to sew all those squares! ) piece and how the silhouette just added to it beautifully!  Check it out here: Bamboo at Dawn.

 We're now working on creating background pieces for our silhouettes!  One step at a time, right!