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Ammonite wallie

chocake2 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:51:19 GMT

This idea popped into my wee little head and before I had time to really think about it, I started sewing, fallowing it's lead. There were days when it would progress very nicely and then all of a sudden my inspiration was gone. A week or so later, it'd "talk" to me again and I'd go back to stitching, never really knowing where the project was going. The fan coral presented the biggest challenge. It is 3 layers of net (Green, purple and red) layered with angelina fibers and fused. I put blue 'fingers' of tulle behind it, but the effect is so subtle you can hardly see them. *Shug* Live and learn...

Fantasy in a fansaty

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:55:27 GMT

I Used me DD for the model for this. Originally the fairy was nude, but her father had a fit so I had to fashion her a dress. The moon started out the same color as her skin, but the night sky bled something terrible when I painted the moon-glow on it. I liked the effect, so I left it.

fall wallhanging

chocake2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:46:31 GMT

This is a companian piece to the sunflowers.

Christmas Candle

chocake2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:25:29 GMT

This is just a funky little wall hanging I made for Christmas last year. The 'flame' is all thread painted with som metalics thrown in for fun and sparkle. The Holly leaves are 3-d.

Bee-utiful Flowers

chocake2 — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:23:50 GMT

This is "Bee-utiful Flowers. I'm ashamed this took me so long... It started out to be a wall-hanging, but I decided to make it into a pillow cover instead.

I printed words on cloth to make the center of the flowers. They read "Forgiving" "Couragious" "Generous" "Productive" and "Cheerful." I quilted the words " Peaceful" "Creative" "Content" and "...'Lieve" into the borders and the word "Just..." in the sky.

I had originally planned to make beads to embellish it with, but, Gosh, that was gonna take an awful lot of time, not to mention glass... so then I thought i'd just embroider it. THEN I saw the cute buttons in the store, and. being the lazy cuss that I am, I took the easiest way out! LOL If you were to copy my design, you'd probably come up with a jillion other ways to add bees to your flowers!

While I was sitting in the sunshine, stitching the last of the buttons on, a friendly little huney bee can buzzing by and landed not far from my feet. I wonder what the little guy was doing out this time of the year? It's getting pretty chilly for bugs...