"If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." --Vincent van Gogh

Monday, August 24, 2009

Fish Bones and Tentacles

I couldn't resist participating in a pennant trade of Fiber Art Traders. Well, I might have been able to resist, except the theme was "seaside" and well, I couldn't resist. We could make up to two sets of three pennants or "buntings" as they are called by Heather, our Scottish trade hostess. So here are my pieces, and I actually made an extra of each one to keep, so I can add them to the swag once I trade these out. The fish have a glass bead eye and the jellyfish are made from sheers. The "body" is a really cool green sheer with attached crystal-like bits on it. I sewed a circle, gathered up the edges, stuffed it with some blue organza, and stitched the edges together. I was pleased with the results. I think they really look like jellyfish!

I'll be sure to share the finished piece!

6 comments:

TracyB said...

These are fabulous!! The jellyfish look GREAT!!!

sherry carrigan said...

These are fantastic. I LOVE the jelly fish.

Quilter422 said...

the jelly fish are astounding!

Rosaland Hannibal said...

These are wonderful! What a great way to create jellyfish!

~debbie turner altman said...

Hi Michelle,
Our paths cross again! I just joined Fiber Art Traders and found your link there. LOVE your work as always and really enjoyed perusing your blog.

Hugs,
Debbie (Altman, CMMAG)

Karen said...

I love that you are so talented and creative and come up with all these really neat projects, it's a gift.