Monday, December 29, 2014

Red Sea



Red Sea


I have to admit to procrastinating on this piece. Not sure why I was never a do your homework at the last minute kind of person. I think I was just waiting for the right inspiration.

I started with some ice dyed fabric I made this summer. Then I decided to do some free motion "lace" for the coral. I used Sulky Solvy as my stabilizer and made lots of coral pieces dissolved the solvy away then added the pieces to my lightly quilted piece.It still needed a little something so I added the fish my hand.
I usually work from my own photographs but in this case I looked at a few photos online of coral then just ran with it just using my imagination.
I had a lot of fun and so happy to see so much participation this round.

Here is a close up.
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 31, 2014 at 7:57 PM

    Karrie the colours are amazing and the stitching gives great texture

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  2. Dale KathrynJanuary 1, 2015 at 10:54 PM

    Karrie - I love the dyed fabric and the red coral. And the fishies! Very, very nice!

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    1. Karrie PhelpsJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:25 AM

      Thanks Dale, always hard to cut into the hand dyed fabric but that is why we make it right, to cut it up and sew it!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 3, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Karrie- this is AMAZING!

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    1. Karrie PhelpsJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:28 AM

      Thank you Kathy. These challenges are so wonderful for stretching ourselves and sharing. I love that you and I both used dissolving stabilizer for totally different effects.

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  4. ChrisJanuary 5, 2015 at 10:25 AM

    I love how the coral "grows into" this piece! And I'm very impressed with your daring use of colour -- I'd never guess that red could look so right!

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