New Harvest Pieces - WIP

Two almost done four more to go!

WIP - Untitled Vine 112211

The hand stitching to the far left is bothering me, am setting the piece aside and will pick it up again in the morning, maybe I won't feel so froggy in the am.

WIP - Untitled Vine Piece 112111

Now with more stitching, I'm thinking I seriously need to go dimensional with it though using coils, etc.

Harvest Series

Natural Dyed Silk Scarves

WIP - Prairie

WIP - Prairie

8x8 inches

machine stitched/sketched natural dyed fabrics on canvas

Exhibition Update - 6 of 8 pieces almost finished, these will be matted and framed. John is making the deep frames for me out of poplar which will then be painted black.

Sampling

Natural Dyes:  Cochineal, Kamala, Weld, Indigo, Copper dye silk

Cotton Quilt batting

Compost Dyed Silk Organza

Machine Stitched

9 x 5 5/8 inches

Heron - WIP

I'm seriously considering ripping out the stitching on the red organza area! An idea that looked good in my head didn't work out the way I had hoped. It's rather lacking, the silk organza going wonky on the piece doesn't help matters any. 

IF I don't rip the stitching out and this is a very big IF, I may couch some yarn/fiber onto the piece in an assymetrical manner over the red stripe to correct the balance on the top right and lower left bottom. 

Prairie Potholes Harvest No. 23

I don't believe I've posted this one in the past, found it in a pile of work tonight while looking for a piece of indigo dyed rusted fabric, the fabric is still MIA.

Blue Coneflowers ACEO

Blue Coneflowers ATC available in my shop!

Brooch No. 1 Whirlwind Series

Sew the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind!

Prairie Potholes No. 12

Prairie Potholes No. 12

2008 - December

8.5 x 10 inches

Oh Quilt Where are Thou?

Somewhere in this pile of fabrics is my new Prairie Pothole Series, to supplement my large selection of compost dyed, natural dyed, and rust dyed fabrics is a bag of natural dyed silk carrier rods dyed in rich vibrant red violets, deepest golden, mysterious purple and palest pink!

Prairie Pothole No. 17

Prairie Pothole No. 17 5 x 7 inches October 2008

Weathered Cloth

Here it is after washing, now I have to figure out what I'm going to do with this piece, might do some auditioning tonight.

It didn't develope holes which is a real bummer as I thought it might there are some very "thin" areas where it had been folded.

FFAC Collage Mania Pieces

Ghost Tree #6

Ghost Tree #5

Ghost Tree #4

Ghost Tree #3

Ghost Tree #2

Ghost Tree #1

Ghost Trees No. 1 - 6 http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/NewFiles/ACS/FAQ.html

Materials: Found Paper, Ink, Paintstiks, Fabric Paint, Timtex, Wool Felt, Metallic Thread, Cotton Thread, Wool Yarn, Compost Dyed Silk Organza Net (Behind the center panel)

Size: each piece measures approx 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches