I’ve dredged up a old icon to spend time with lately. It goes back several years, and, as I mentioned in my last post, sometimes I revisit the sketchbook storehouse to get myself back into inspired mode. So I decided to cut some templates and print the silhouette on plain fabric. Then I dyed and painted more stuff. I used my favorite green fabric paint color, with my favorite brown color and made some murky images. Then I took brighter fabric and traced the silhouette with bleach pen. Then I dyed over some of the cheerier color and I got some murky thing again. Some of the dresses are cut out and sewn back onto other fabric. Some are just squares of fabric. All in all, I’ve tried to brighten them by surrounding them with more color, whether with fabric or stitching and I like what I’ve got. So far I’ve made four…and counting, I’m still not done. These gals have become simple bags which may end up on (that labyrinth called) Etsy.
Ideas in Cloth 