Sunday, March 27, 2011

"The Outpost" wallhanging

OK - I confess.......I've been playing with calico and fabrics again and made another wallhanging!! This one uses an Artistic Outpost stamp from the fab set - The Outpost (buy in the UK from Happy Daze).

I coloured some calico using alcohol inks and then stamped the image using black Stazon ink. This was then sewn on to a felt background which, in turn, was placed on to a piece of frayed raw silk. I added some hand sewing around the edge of the felt using some hand-dyed rayon thread.

I made the backing piece by "quilting" some cotton fabric with layers of felt in between and randomly sewing together.

The actual hanging part is some twill ribbon that had wording printed on but I sewed some satin ribbon over this to cover it.


8 comments:

Muckyfingers said...

You're way too clever woman ;) xx

Angelnorth said...

Love the soft colours and the "misty" look from stamping on the fabric - lovely piece!

Joanna Oborska said...

Beautiful! It looks like a dream land :)

Scrappy~Sarah said...

wowo that is stunning, love the softness of the colouring

Anita said...

Absolutely dreamy Jo, really so pretty..xxx

Minxy said...

WOW This is just stunning :D

Pat Beaumont said...

love your wallhanging from the subtle background to the luxurious framing

salamanda said...

This is amazing. Love all the textures.