Two Down

I finally managed to complete two pieces today. The first one is a hand-dyed cotton background with hand painted dryer sheets and thread painting. I had the basic design down last week but got stuck on the embellishing. I think the black and silver seed beads, and the thread painted words in the border add enough interest without overpowering the piece. Have I mentioned how much I love my new machine?????

"Live For Today"

The second piece is a style that I've done before, with dryer sheets underneath painted tyvek. For this one, I grabbed my blue and green dryer sheet scraps and went with that color scheme. The artwork is 8x10, which is the largest that I've done in this manner, but I like how it turned out. After stitching the layers and melting back the tyvek to expose the dryer sheets, I hand stitched a variety of beads to the piece.

"Adrift"

As always, I welcome your feedback!

Recently I learned that two people who are very dear to me have started blogs. I invite you to take a look, if you'd like. Neither of these are "art" blogs.

First off, my Aunt has a blog! She has been writing her thoughts on the weekly gospel reading in her church bulletin for a while now, and with the help of my cousin, her writings are now available on her blog. If you are interested in her wisdom, please visit From Dee's Desk.

Secondly, my very dear friend, whom I met on the first day of 6th grade and with whom I have shared many adventures, has started a blog. She is an avid outdoors person and cyclist. She's also a great person. Check out her adventures at Dance the Tide.