"ISLAND STATUS"

I pondered whether I was up for the challenge with this group but I will give it a try. After all it is to make you try new things and generally muck along, which is what I like to do. The theme brought all the images that this wonderful island  I live on and its neighbouring favorite cousins have to offer. I thought too of the islands I have visited but I just kept on humming --- I am a rock -- I am an Island --- now get that out of your head. Shows my generation and time warp.
In the end the funny little island in the Thousand Islands took up residence. I titled this piece " Island Status" because evidently you are an island when you have one tree. It brings good memories of a fun afternoon taking mom on a cruise in the St Lawrence Seaway. We chuckled about the status definition but fiqured they had to get to a thousand so what the heck. Notice how these islands become personalities ---anyone else have this problem or should I be looking at "alternate residences " sooner?

I began by resurrecting a failed piece of shibori with some shimmer fabric paint. Thought it might need a little glitz since I'm really not a bling person. I quite like the results. The objective was to explore the possibilites with Transfer Artist Paper ( can easily be ironed onto fabric paint) to see about using an image to thread paint part of and to solve a problem with mirror imaging text to do this. I guess I like messing with my brain but problems were solved in a convoluted kind of way.

It is a fun little memory quilt and show that each island is unique whether it has a castle or a bird box.

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In the end I got my mind into it, as the business year end stuff was hibernating until August and I had a chance to play. I am on holiday to play for the next month. Dye studio is set up outdoors and the days are warm.