More Arts and Crafts

A couple posts ago I said I would update you when I finished my Laura Wasilowski-esque fused fabric art for above my fireplace.  At that point, I had all the fabric fused in place and some embroidery embellishment, but I felt that I needed to add some additional interest in a couple places.  Of course I forgot to take a picture of the beading until after I had it mounted under glass...

I added the vertical line of brown beads on the light brown fabric on the left side of the picture.  The beads actually have the rich dark brown, but also some hints of beige and red, so they coordinated well.  And then, a bit harder to see are the three arcs of bone beads with a red seed bead anchoring them on the bottom green panel.  I think if you click on the picture you can enlarge that area to see that detail.  It's subtle, but I think it works.

And here is the finished piece hanging above my fire place.

I'm pleased with it!  I think it fills the space nicely and when I get tired of it, I can make something else for the spot.  :-)

And while I'm on the topic of little works of art, I thought I would share the two fabric post cards that I made to donate to Pokey Bolton's fund raising effort at the Quilt Show in Houston.  Each of these is post card sized, 4 x 6 inches.  The deal is that Pokey will sell the post cards to raise money for a non-kill shelter that she supports in the Houston area.  I guess she did this last year and raised a lot of money, so she has decided to try it again and double her goal!  I hope she's successful.

I suppose that pet-themed post cards are most popular, so I sketched this cat based on a photo that I saw in Real Simple Magazine.

 I'm not really a "cat person" but I thought the blackish cat on the orangish background looked very appropriate for Halloween and I named it "CATitude."

Then I also made a more generic post card, which actually could be sent to someone to offer them good wishes.

It's a fortune cookie with several actual "fortunes" surrounding it.  Again, I think if you click on the picture you can likely read them... they are good fortunes and hopefully lucky numbers, so of course I called it "Good Fortune."

I've been traveling a lot lately and haven't spent much time in my sewing room, but it's nice to have some small, quick projects to show you.