Stenciling on Jeans

I'm gearing up for Spring, and celebrating Mercury Retrograde ending ... here's some stenciling on my jeans with Tsukineko Fabric Inks -- Midnight Blue is perfect on denim ... 

My undies also got some playful stenciling, but I don't think I'll publish pics of those!

Smiles and good colors to you.... get loose, have some fun, you own all that fabric, do something frisky with it!   

 Happy Daffodil season ! 

Mingus Park Lantern - 2

The Setacolor transparent (sun-dye) fabric paint dried substantially paler than it looked when wet ... and it has left me with a decision to make --- the lantern edges get lost in the background, because there isn't enough value difference.  So, either I need to make the lantern darker, and leave the sky light, which then causes me to wonder about the moon in the sky -- it might need to become the sun.    or, I could leave the lantern the color shown, which is just about the natural color of the lantern, and darken the background.   

I've mused about it for a few days as it's hung on the design wall, and I haven't decided yet, so I'm going to start with the water, and add blues, and when that's done perhaps the decision for the background/lantern value change will be easier.

Smiles to you -- I hope seeing me working my way forward a bit at a time will encourage you to work on that piece you've got stashed away, or is ripening in your imagination. It seems like all creative adventures take place while building the bridge as you're walking across it  ... we're always hanging out there with no real path, and just feeling our way with our imagination, and inventing the process as we go ... that way lies real satisfaction .... and, yes, sometimes not what we'd hoped for, (alas, so true for me in the kitchen!!) but, I do believe the more often we take those creative chances, the percentage of pieces that succeed goes up!  

I'll post a photo after working on the water.   Til then, I'm wishing you joy and good colors!

Sharon 

Art Quilt beginning - The Mingus Park Lantern

So this is where this art quilt started, on walks past this lantern in the Choji section of Mingus Park, Coos Bay, Oregon ....  

Next was drawing the lantern to size on some freezer paper, attaching to pre-washed 28" x 48" white kona cotton fabric, and then out onto the driveway on a sunny Saturday for sun-painting.    Here was the initital result:

I enraptured gazing at this gorgeous wet piece in the driveway..... but, for some reason, it dried very much paler, alas.    I did a bit of acrylic painting on it, but I still had that vision of that deep glorious piece in my memory, and so I did my usual routine with pieces I was at a standstill with:   I bought it a nice plastic box to live in til my energy for it resurfaced.   

Now, the following spring, I have been experimenting with the Tsukineko Fabrico fabric inks, and I'm ready to play with this piece again.   Next post, I'll show you what it looks like before I start with the inks.

Smiles and joy to you, and glorious colors!
Sharon