I finally finished Journal #3 in Sue B's current Journal Making Class. So far my journals have been pretty basic. I thought I'd spice this one up a bit ...
* I made the brown and black fabric a few years ago during Mess-Making Night for my local art quilt group. For this piece, I used a commercial foam stamp brushed with Soft Scrub with bleach which I stamped onto flat black fabric. This proved to be an effective color discharging combination. I affectionately called this fabric "Clay and Wattle" with a nod to W.B. Yeats in "Lake Isle Innisfree" ...
* The stone fabric is a commercial fabric. I free-motion stitched between the rocks to add definition and interest--though it's difficult to tell from the photo ...
Then I added the leaves and sequins for flowers and free-motion stitched a vine to tie them all together. Only then did I fuse the backing fabric for the front cover.
The back is just the unembellished wall. What can I say? The focus is on the front.
Trials and Tribulations : I had a heck of a time punching the holes through the paper this time. My paper punches have been "used up." They are dull as paint now. Time for a new one?
2 comments:
It's awesome!
FABULOUS journal!
You need to get yourself a Crop-A-Dile, it pushes thru anything!
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