Judy had us make 10 different background samples in the morning. The background of the cups was sea sponge-painted with several colors of acrylic ink. When the sponge paint was dry, I cut coffee cup shapes out of freezer paper and ironed them onto the fabric as a resist. I dry-brushed blue ink off of the edges of the cups to create the blue background. I added the brown coffee with a second freezer paper stencil and some fabric markers.
I added borders of my own hand-dyed, and some commercial hand-dyed fabric.
I added rice stitches around the cups and an arch to represent morning
with embroidery floss.
I drew the spoon with silver Sharpie and
Tsukineko white ink. I sewed clear beads spilling from the spoon to
represent sugar.
When Grace announced that she would be moving to Tulsa to be near her family I realized we had been having coffee together for 19 years.
So I glued and stitched down 19 coffee beans.
Coffee Memories, 12 x 24"
Grace, I look forward to visiting your new home in Tulsa!
1 comment:
Lovely work!!!
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