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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Day 215 Plasma




Plasma is a large, heavy wallhanging with lots of homemade fabric beads, glass beads, and found objects, pieced in blocks of wavy tapestry. It has a decorative wooden dowel for hanging and is 42" tall and 32" across.

Day 214 Photosynthesis




Photosynthesis is a 13" tall by 8" wide pieced, quilted and heavily embellished wall hanging.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Day 213 Ocean Community





Ocean Community is a 28" tall by 25" wide wall hanging, pieced, appliqued, quilted and specialty yarn embellished. A few beads, too.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Day 212 Nokomis' Song



Nokomis' Song is a tribute to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem of Hiawatha, that I memorized (only the first several stanzas) many years ago. "By the Shores of Gitcheegummee, by the shining big sea water, stood the the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis"...remember that? It is a great one. I'm off to go read the whole thing....

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Day 211 New Galaxy




New Galaxy is a 16" x 24" wall hanging, pieced, quilted, heavily embellished with yarns and other treasures.

Day 210 My Life is a Tapestry




My Life is a Tapestry is a small, 12" x 12", wall hanging, crazy pieced, quilted and thread design garnished.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Day 208 Mermaid's Room...






"Mermaid's Room with a View" is a large, 78" tall by 62" across fabric collage wallhanging. One of my first. Took about 2 years. Lots of appliques, lace, embellishments, found objects, metal and glass beads, shells braided in her green yarn hair, one anenome is made from a street sweeper bristle I found in the bike lane...

Sunday, January 2, 2011