Friday, March 21, 2008

Stargaze Tome March Page






Today I finished the third page in the Stargazer Tome series by Patti Culea. This page was all about fabric collage. The front of the page was a garden design. I changed the girl in the original pattern to a fairy that I got from "The Crafter's Design Library: Fantasy" by Chris Down. I traced the fairy onto white fabric and colored with pencils and pens before fusing her to the background. I chose a very flowered background so that only a few items needed to be added to the foreground.


I have had scraps of these "tiger lily" and "snap-dragon" fabrics for many, many years and I think that a fantasy garden theme is the perfect place for them! A few butterflies and ladybugs from another fabric provide more "stuff."






For the back of the page I followed Patti's instructions and cut leaf-ish shapes from Tyvek and organza and then added heat - iron for the
Tyvek and a candle for the organza. This created fronds that I stitched down and did some free motion embroidery around. I also added some heated cellophane, a piece of vegetable netting and a few beads. At the bottom is more Tyvek - in rock shapes, and more free embroidery to create a "rocky" ground. I tried to keep the colors muted as if you are looking at the garden in moonlight. In fact, that circular mark next to the dragonfly is a crescent moon charm. I forgot to take a closeup photo!



The fun part about the Tome patterns is that each page explores a different technique, some of which are new to me. Next month is painting and dyeing fabric I think. One more week in March and I still have lots to do! Oh dear.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Liz, You did a beautiful job. the fairy is gorgeous and I love the tiger lilies and snap dragons.

Anonymous said...

Liz, this is a lovely piece. I am in awe of your using a candle, because I imagine it's flame being so hard to control! I have done Tyvek work, and have used a wood-burning tool on sheers, but a full-fledged flame?! I am in awe!

Orice said...

Gloriously wonderful. I see you used Tyvek. A product I've only so far dreamed about. Love the colors and proliferation of stitches in your Tomes.

Anonymous said...

Wow Liz, this is cool. I've thought about playing around with some Tyvek and now that I've seen what you've done, I must attempt it. Wonderful fairy.
Judi S