Showing posts with label Tree Study I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tree Study I. Show all posts

Monday, July 15, 2013

Facing Auditions

It's a rainy day here in Central Alberta.  Cool and drippy.  Soup-for-lunch weather.  Indoor Studio weather.

Earlier this week I had a session outdoors with painted used dryer sheets, which I distressed with my heat gun.  Great fun, but very smelly and definitely something to be done out-of-doors.

Yesterday I quilted and trimmed my Texture piece for 15 x 15: "Tree Study I".

This morning, I faced it:


I wasn't sure it needed anything more, but I had these fun pieces of distressed painted dryer sheets...so I've taken a couple of auditioning photos:

Audition #1

Audition #2

The differences are subtle...but I'm leaning toward the second one.  I don't think hand stitch alone would get me the effect I want -- it seems to be all (the dryer sheets) or nothing at all.  Any thoughts?