Leaf Table Topper

I showed this piece a few weeks ago when I was thinking of using it for  the background for the string art pieces.   This was a sun printed piece I did a long time ago at QSDS in Ohio (2009!) and measures around 15" x 20".

 Well, since I'm working on "nemo" and using a different background...figured I should finish it off and make it into a table topper!  So I did that!  Color looks pale here when, in fact, it is closer to the picture above.  But you still get the idea, right!

I didn't do a good job of taking the picture!  Guess I missed an edge!  Oops!

Yes, the bowl covers a lot of it but I love this bowl!  It was hand made by an artist in Florida.

In addition to adding the facing, I also stitched some yarn for the binding edge.  Just gave it a little something rather than a real binding!

I'm happy with how it turned out and it does look nice on the table.  Now to get back to those darn fish!

Hard at work!

 Yea, right...I am hard at work...actually, I did some sunprinting yesterday with so, so results. Not very exciting, I know...

I also used some Solar Fast but since it's been so long since I've used this product, I forgot you have to take your fabric out of the sun as soon as you remove the negative.  Why, you ask!  Well, if you don't you will lost your image!  Go figure!  I actually did several posts on And Then We Set It on Fire blog back in 2014...but did I look at my own 'words' before hand...nope!

I had a really cool imprint of a leaf so I could start on my first leaf embroidery piece but guess what!  You can't even see the wonderful image!  DUH!  Oh well...I'll redo this piece.  If you squint and look REALLY hard you might see this big leaf!  OK, well just imagine there's a leaf imprint thre.

I used stencils and Setacolor paints for achieve this. It really is a nice brighter orange shade than what appears here.

See that leaf on the bottom left board! It is a cool negative...I'll use it again with the Solar Fast!  I'm not all that excited with the setacolor pieces as I really wanted to  have leaves but will have a go at it again next week. Until then I'm working on our 12" block exchange.  They are due February 14th and guess who didn't have the target date on her calendar!  Hmmmmmmm