fiberrainbow

Remembering 

harsh times, we only know from the horrid tales.

Being aware that we can live in freedom now

thanks to so many unknown people.

But unfortunately

not everywhere is freedom nowadays 

...

This May day is usualy a nice spring day :

today there was only a tiny bit of sunshine and lots of rain.

Ha, the Wisteria is called "Blue Rain" in Dutch

(though this is a white variety ...)

A good day to continue my little paintings.

These were some of the stencils and masks

I cut out of the foam sheets.

(much better to have my own ones now instead of the one from the shop)

It was good to work on more than one.

That way the paint can fully dry on one 

and you can start thinking about what to do with the next.

Several layers already there.

( When I was halfway through with number two 

I deeply regretted what I did there .....

so the only solution was : to paint over it again !

Ahhhhh that's the fun part of working with acrylics,

you can always start all over again  ;-)

And now with only a thin layer to tone it all my mistakes down

I was much happier with it )

My Leaf Moon got a spiral over its face

(so the blue leaf is less pronounced)

and lots of spidery stars around it.

(I'll wait a bit and see if I want to add more (or not) )

*

Forgot to show what the Little Bigfoot Rabbit looked like 

when it was finished by granddaughter

(preparing to take a picture herself, with little brother

taking notice)

Ta - daaaaaah !

(ha, though he has big feet, he is nowhere near as tall

as the Bluebells !)

When I did Jude's "Patchwork Beasts" class 

(in 2010, but it's still in the "shop"  :-) ... !)

she had several different methodes 

with which she let us make a beast.

One, was a really simple pieced beast, out of a few small squares,

or rectangles,

just like I made the rabbit.

Then you could "dress" it up

with all kinds of tiny scraps on the surrounding space,

which I did on the rabbit too.

Raw edge, or needle turned appliqué,

it just doesn't matter :

no rules here !

Stitches on the upside,

      a bunny tail .....       and          a raw edge flower pice.

The "grassy" leaves are double with tiny quilt stitches

and the other leaf was sewed and then turned

to the right side and closed.

Yes, it's less than 2 cm.

(only part of it will be joined to the background)

There are only a few bits of the background left to be seen :

embroidered bits of a white linen blouse.

  

I'm not sure yet, but I don't think

this is a sweet bunny

....

it's more like a fierce rabbit !

It's not exactly the Monty Python Killer Rabbit

but

it is not a "Flappie" either

I have to explane this :

"Flappie" is a hilarious song of a great Dutch comedian,

about what happened when the pet rabbit 

ended up in the pot for the xmas dinner

..... 

(everybody in Holland knows the song)

:-)

This was made of the patched beast I made for Jude's class :
all of the background gone, the beast was only stitched on.
(it was called "Show me your teeth"
and was a present for our dentist, who retired)