I have been working on the coral piece, and managed to make a little progress before the holiday weekend.
I had beaded the corals or anemones in the foreground (I am not sure which, I guess I could just say “sea life”) earlier this fall when I was giving some one on one instruction to a friend. The ones in the back are embellished with Kreinik braid which I couched as well as used in the bobbin.
You can see the detail of the gold braid in this picture.
And you may have noticed that I decided to put the yellow angel fish lower in the composition.
I tried making another angel fish for the upper left corner of the image.
But he’s a little too pale for the rest of the piece.
I used some of my friend Diane Eyerman’s hand-dyed fabric for the blue stripes, and couched the outlines with Kreinik #16 braid.
You can see how well the sparkling braid complements the blue stripes. I guess this little fellow will end up getting his own quilt after I’ve finished this one :)
4 comments:
Impressive!! Nice piece..and I actually like the blue/white angel fish. He does deserve his own 'piece'!
fabulous! you know how i dote on octopuses. and i love the fabric you've chosen. very inspiring!
Thank you Robbie! I love the little angel fish too, he just doesn't belong in this piece. I will probably make a smaller piece for him (18" x 24" or so)
Thank you Mei. I got a lot of wonderful fabrics from my hand-dyer friends, I think the dark fabric of the octopus came from either Melody Johnson or Judy Robertson. The African fabrics are all from St Theresa Textile Trove.
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