Monday, November 4, 2024

Garden Lady # 9 - Part Two

This is a continuation of a post about the making of Garden Lady #9.

I continued to cut out blobs and strips of fabric for the background of this piece.  When the top part was all covered, I added a layer of gray organza.  This was quilted loosely and trimmed.  I wanted the top to blur and fade, and a layer of organza does this perfectly.


The next step was to cover the lower half of the background.  I used some of my hand dyed material, and then did my chop and drop collage method of adding details to the garden areas.  I used some darker wool roving to make a shadow by the feet, and added threads, snippets of organza, yarn, antique trims, and thread.  This was all covered with green tulle and quilted.  Again, I did all of this without a backing.  


I copied the figure of the gardener and pinned it in place.  Here is what it looks like with the paper pattern on the background.  I know that there is something lost with all of the goodness that will get covered up.  But I've tried to only cover the areas that will show and then have discovered that not all areas were covered, and that the foreground figure is stuck in place.  I like to be able to place the garden ladies where they look best.


I hope you like it so far!

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