i am not missing in action---i am being consumed by my first Mardi Gras! in between parades, visitors, new friends and life i have been working on some new collages. i am devoting today to CREATING! no housework, no tv, no computer. as you can see i am already breaking that rule. i got really excited about these and wanted to share....
They are both a mix of machine and hand stitching. The first one "No Roller Skating on the Ceiling" is made from a vintage shirt and new fabrics. The left paper is from a pre-fab house catalog (vintage) and the paper on the right is from a pamphlet called "Dancing with Teacher"(also vintage). My friend Curly gave me the license plate. I imagine it came from a rockin banana seat bike or out of a box of Sugar Smacks.
The second collage is called "By Day/By Night". These are all new fabrics and the patch is vintage. My story behind this one is she's a stay at home mom- pictured top left doing dishes and other household chores and by night she gets to transform into this top notch bowler. It's her release from the stress of kids and she's REALLY good at it. Hence, the League Champion patch. Her bowling shirt was a tropical print and of course, handmade by her. There's a pretty good chance her name is Bea.
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