Summer of Color 4 wrap-up

Kristin is a wonderful host, and I'm determined to play next year in SOC5.  But I have to show why I haven't been around to visit everyone like in the past.

You can see I'm having computer problems, since it took forever to get to this screen.  I have a wireless mouse and keyboard, so that was the first obstacle I had to overcome.  But it's fairly obvious I'm now able to move forward.

From left, Week 1 was a quiltlet I made using printer ink to color the white fabric.  In the back is Week 3, where I colored various flowers and painted the wood.  Returning to the front, is Week 2, where I used my handmade shimmering mists to color the fabric.  Week 4 got the biggest makeover, because I hadn't finished it when I showed the front.  I painted the background using acrylics, then painted a piece of celery and turned it into a cabbage rose.  Week 6 got backing and a hanger.

The back of Week 2 shows my name and a button I thought went well with the Beach Hut.  Since it didn't match the SOC colors of the week, I decided to use it on the back.  I used the card stock that had been between the two painted fabrics when I stamped the "rose," as my name plate for Week 4.  For Week 6, I cut another bird from the blackberry colored stained fabric to show I made the quiltlet.

The sun was so bright I couldn't tell what I was photographing, so what you see is it!  I wish I'd gotten a few close-ups, but unfortunately, I didn't. 

My only step-out photos come from Week 4, which I felt was the one I spent the least time on.  I started by masking off half a butterfly.

I mixed a bit of shaving cream


and some opaque StazOn that I had never used before.

Unfortunately, it didn't mix well with the shaving cream.

After spreading it over the butterfly stencil, 

I waited for it to dry.  Sadly, the StazOn didn't act like what I'm used to, so when the shaving cream dried, I had many holes

in the butterfly.  I had to outline the butterfly so it would show on the fabric.  I also auditioned a piece of wood bark that I eventually covered with green wire and bright pink beads.  Before I sewed the two pieces to the batting, I sewed my name to the back.  I also used a stirrer stick to keep the quiltlet (and the others where wire or fancy fibers were added) flat when hung.  It also aided the holes I cut in the fabric.

I hope you enjoyed the wrap-up.  As for Week 5, I'm still playing with the poppies I'm turning into a scrappy journal cover, and I'll have to show it at a later time.

I'd like to thank everyone who visited during this six week journey.  I was so honored to "meet" so many of you wonderful artists. And thanks again to our wonderful host Kristin for sharing her Summer of Color with all of us!

As an update, here is my SOC 4 badge.  I'll be adding it to my "Previous Collaborations" page, too.

And this is what I'll be doing NEXT summer.