Dear Fellow
Artists!
It is the
corn moon and while I played around with several thoughts about incorporating
corn into this month’s section – it just didn’t come together. Going through my “PO” I found a corn charm –
but not very exciting. And then I found
the handle of an old silver spoon that had corn on it but it was too late to
make a mold and use PMC to make something a little more exciting. So that will get saved for another day!
Most all of
you planted your seeds that were generously given to us by Peg. As I knew no one would be home to tend them
as they started to grow I have left them in the packets…maybe next year! So instead of corn I decided to make my own
fantasy flowers to share with all of you.
They are a combination of bead embroidery, vintage buttons, felt and
horse hair flowers.
I started
with felting around glass marbles and then cut the hollow felt balls off of the
marbles. Now that is a challenge! Trying to get the felt thickness even around
the marble and then trying to cut them in half and have the halves even took a
little doing! I made them in a variety
of colors and two different sizes. The
different sizes allowed me to stack the smaller halves in the larger halves to
give them a little more “punch”. I also
felted a small flat piece that could be used for the back ground. The center of 3 of the flowers have blue
woven horse hair flowers in them that come from Chile. The others have a combination of beads and
vintage buttons.
The flowers
were then sewn through a piece of foam and the green felt so they would fit
nicely into the space and the piece had some body to support the flowers. The horse hair flowers originally had green
horsehair stems that I couldn’t let go to waste. I stitched the green stems through the backing
to look like blades of grass coming up through the flowers.
So now you
have seen my fantasy flowers….all coming from those wonderful seed packets
given to us by Peg! It was a fun project
and now I have visions of felted and embroidered flowers on wire stems so one
could make a bouquet.
Now on to
the next space…….H. And my mind is
racing with things that start with H…..happy…hooray…holy
cow…..hallelujah……halibut…hamster….handles…hat…..heaven…..so many!!!!!
Kathy
These are fabulous Kathy! I wish they grew in MY garden!! Beth
ReplyDeleteWow, Kathy. I love them. Bits and bobbles and all. I really love the horsehair flowers. Wowie. The time they must have taken to do such fine work and that blue. They really accent the felt beautifully. It's always fun to read about what you do. You write such great stories and have such amazing adventures. I can just see you trying to cut those felty bits off the marbles. HA HA HA!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely delightful and inspiring !! I look forward to the opportunity to see these in person!! I agree with Beth! I want these to grow in my garden!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about these. The colors, the parts, the process. Beautiful and creative.
ReplyDeleteO.K. think I have the right combo to make comments!! I did write before but it went into the ozone! I love these flowers, yes and want them in my garden also!! Where do you get those great horsehair woven flowers, beautiful. The combination of fibers is what really makes these flowers amazing. Hugs, M
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! I adore these and the way you created the felty bits. And I've seen the original horsehair flowers after one of your trips and wondered what would be their next evolution and as always it is WONDERFUL! Good ol'PO
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