a wandering moss gathers a stone

ACK!WHOA! Do i LOVE these!!!  It was time to wander a bit, and i am very pleased with the results.

 The first piece is rather static and plebian, free motion on padded green rayon velvet. Some circles were done with the fabric flat, some with scrunching in each circle. The problem with this one is that i don't have a lot of the velvet anymore, in any colour, so i can't just over/dye up a new batch. Poop. I do like it, could see it stuffed up a bit into a mound. Not the look i wanted though:

 The next piece is twisted cording all stitched together--really kewl look, but too stiff and linear, though i could curve back more into itself next time. Creating a fabric this way is time consuming though and i'm not sure i want to make kilometres of cording to get a coupla square feet.......May turn part of this into a cuff, keep the scrap for reference sample.

But THIS one---ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Did i say the previous one was time consuming? This one ate up almost 2 hours for a piece that finishes at 8" square. BUT. BUT. BUT i really love the efect! It was worth the cramp in my right calf and more hip woes. And i was in the zone, babies, so in the zone i was stoned and toned. Except for the cramp and the hip thing. I let it dry in the sun, as i was not about to flatten that gorgeous puffiness with an iron and couldn't risk our half assed dryer sending it to Missing Sock World. Waiting for dryness was an exercise in patience and anticipation.

LOVE it.

Comments

[Mary Anne]

oooh...that's sublime!

[samantha]

ok, I love the grey stretchy fungus looking shapes......9 10 et al.....they're cool....but the greeny last piece....come on...dish....what is it made of????? it looks kinda sheer over velvet and wool?????I'm sat on the edge of my seat here......it's definately THE ONE though isn't it?
by the way I have green cotton velvet??? what's it like to ship to Canada?? will I have to sell a kidney???
x

[Bea]

I love the last one and the texture. Sorry about the hip, tight shoulders, etc. We don't get compensation for sewing injuries, do we? lol
Someone, today, at my art quilt group was talking about some product that you can sew a grid on then soak it in water and the entire thing shrinks up to this wonderful textural thing.
I, of course, was chatting with the person next to me and didn't hear what it was. sigh :)Bea

[arlee]

Samm and Bea---this was done with the dissolvable plastic: sandwiched loose fibers from novelty yarn--some that MaryAnne had sent me:}---stitched like crazy with the free motion circles, then put it under hot water--VOILA!
I keep fondling it :}

[jude]

i am imagining how this feels. all these soft dots.

[arlee]

Jude, it's wonderfully tactile! I'd do a scarf this way but it would be too delicate to actually wear. Maybe my lamps would like one :} The light coming through this is so serene as well, like being in the forest, or as a tiny person, in a soft warm cave.

[Robin]

Sheer gorgeousness. Love it!