What is it about quilters/textile artists that we seem to amass so many unfinished projects? Just about every quilter I have known has a sizable stash of "UFOs" (unfinished objects), and some even take pride in having more UFOs than other quilters. Are other artists this bad with not completing things?
Anyway, I have not touched the Mardi Gras 8x10s" in the last week. I picked up another project that I started a year ago: a collage that started with a tea towel.
image and design copyright RPS
The only thing that the tea towel had on it when I dug it out of an auction box lot was the embroidered clover flower and leaf at the bottom (and some stains). It has come a long way, hasn't it? I am building up a band of mixed stitches across the surface and I have some other small fancy pieces to add to it.
image and design copyright RPS
Like many of my collages, I don't have a vision for the end of this piece, I will know it when it looks right. The important thing is to realize when it is time to stop, I don't want to overdo it. Maybe this weekend I will do something with the Mardi Gras series...
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