Oliver Skirt.

I've been working on a new skirt, from fabric I printed at Spoonflower.  The background is printed from a sheet of scrapbook paper:  I scanned a small piece of an ordinary looking blue/green paper and enlarged it to fit the entire yard of fabric.  It's amazing to me how that ordinary paper became so pixelated when it was enlarged.  A happy accident!

I wasn't as thrilled with how my lettering also looked pixelated, so I used a finepoint Tee Juice marker to add a second layer to the writing.

I added another layer of color by stenciling these leaves asymmetrically on the skirt.  (That also helped bridge the gap where the side seam falls.)

And then it still wasn't quite right...so after letting it sit in a bag out of sight for a few weeks, I started stitching around the stencils and adding a few beads here and there:

This part is extremely labor-intensive, so it may be awhile before I share the finished skirt.  I'm hoping to have it done in time for my upcoming group show at the Textile Center:  either to wear or to exhibit!

Comments

[Tl hendrickson]

Love this!

[chel]

oh, WOW!

[shana]

what does it say?
it's beautiful!
shana