Our minds are much on the Outer Banks (OBX) as we get ready for our annual migration to Avon. Don channeled his inner sea captain/pirate ...
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| Assemblage components: cork fishing bobber from Urbanna Creek (head), wood scrap (nose), rusted sheet metal (hat), bent nail (pipe), milk paint stained chamois cloth (head scarf), twisted metal wire (hair), rusted doorknob plate (neck) and milk painted wood baluster scrap |
while I tried to narrow down a selection of cloth to bring to the beach ...
As if I'm actually going to have time to stitch while surrounded by grandchildren ... but hey, you never know.
I also did some selective laundering of my dye trials, ultimately discovering that I was primarily sensitive to the blue dye from the Mexican hat petals. Fortunately, after washing the cloths in hot water and detergent the allergic reaction receded while the color (mostly) remained. So I'm now moving on from a quick stitch sample (below right) to the main event: a piece of repurposed linen tablecloth backed with harem cloth to which I've pinned the first building of my take on the Austin skyline ...
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Last, but not least, at Grace's request I turned a recent piece of dyed cloth upside down to consider the possibility of using it as a base for a landscape ...
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| 99% sure this was dyed with Mountain Pinks |
And just as she suggested, it definitely has potential ...
