More fabric collage

In my previous post

I showed you some of the

beach themed fabric collages

I'm making for gifts.

Here are just a few more I've made,

with different themes.

You can click on each photo to enlarge if you like.

Copyright free photos are found online,

or use your own vintage photos.

This one uses some of my pieces of rusted fabric,

and also a dictionary page for the word

Cowboy.

You can add anything.

Sometimes I add my paper fabric,

pieces of old maps etc.

This one uses a piece of sari ribbon.

I save even the smallest pieces

for projects like this.

I like to mix florals, stripes and solids.

I also alternate often with lights and darks.

Remember balance and design principles,

even for things such as these fragments.

If you make some, let me know,

I would love to see them.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Fragment Fabric Collage

What do you do with lots of pieces of assorted fabrics

that are given to you?

Make fabric collages.

I have been having more fun making these.

Copyright free photos are the focal point.

and I always add a quote.

Vintage buttons and embellishments are used also.

I make them anywhere from 8" by 10" to 16" by 20".

Here are some with a beach theme.

"Don't wait for your ship to come in.

Swim out to it."

"You can comb the sands or lie in the sun,

the choice is yours, as long as it's fun!"

"A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation

on a sun drenched beach, and does not send a card."

"Live in the sunshine,

Swim the sea,

Drink the wild air."

---Emerson

Each one has raw edges on each fabric layer.

Denim or some similar heavy fabric is used on the back

to stiffen the piece, so it hangs nicely.

It is added last, to cover up all the stitching that was done.

Then I stitch a hanger on the back,

and it's ready.

You can stiffen it further by adding

spray starch to the back.

Makes great gifts.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Daddy's Little Girl

I have been making some fabric collages.

These are just fragments of raw edged vintage fabric,

trim and buttons from long ago.

I also use copyright free vintage photos

and I usually add a quote.

This one is for my niece Bekah,

who is having a little girl

in December.

I think this little girl holding her doll is so sweet.

The quote says...

"I love being a girl,

because I'm daddy's little girl,

and that rocks!"

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Words, inchies, and art

Do you ever 'get on a roll'

when it comes to art?

Well, since the beginning of the year

 I have been making 'inchie' art...

one per week inspired by

 a different prompt word each time.

I got so focused on making them this week,

that I finished all of them for the year.

From the beginning I wanted to

create one art piece using all of the inchies.

So below is what I did.

I call it

WORDS.

The quote in the piece is by

Alfred Lord Tennyson

and it says...

"Words, like nature,

half reveal and half conceal

the soul within."

I used a canvas board, acrylic paint,

watercolor pencils, gesso,

and all of the inchie art squares.

The collage is paper from old dictionaries,

garden books, music pages and greeting cards.

I used a stencil to make the background design

then freehanded some more designs here and there.

Gel medium and tacky glue worked great to

attach everything down well.

On top of it all I sprayed

Krylon acrylic varnish.

Now I just have to frame it.
It measures 16 in. by 24 in.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne