Blue,Black and White

We had our reveal today for Twelve by 12  http://www.twelveby12.blogspot.com/ and the results are spectacular, please go to the site and check them out. The colors this time were blue, black and white and I ended up making three different pieces.  I'll show them all to you here. This first piece was made using painted interfacing and cheesecloth.  I was just back from Florida and added the black stitching that reminded me of fencing on the beach in South Beach. 

The second piece is also a memory of South Beach, this time the skyline.  I started by stitching the outlines of the buildings, then painting them with fabric paint.  My husband thought this looked too much like a New York skyline, so I tried adding the drifting thread at the bottom to give it a more casual, beachy look, but I don't think it is very successful.

This last one is my favorite.  You can read about it on the Twelve site above.  

 

Community challange

In case you haven't kept up, the last 2 months our challange for twelveby 12http://www.twelveby12.blogspot.com/ has been community. All the results have been posted on the above blog site. This is my piece below.

As you will read on the other site, this was a challangeing project for more than one of us (I guess that's why it's called a challange duh!) I tried something abstract which was painful because I seem to be a very literal person. I tried to convey the feeling of groups. Overlapping groups, groups that exclude, and individuals that feel excluded even within the group. I like it, but I feel I could do better if I keep at it.