One last photo of Iris. I framed it. I wanted to use a shadow box but couldn’t find one. I also added a leaf just below the bud. It’s a little hard to see in this photo though.

I made four postcards. One is going to the Cyber Fiber exhibition by Susan Lenz. Can you pick which one I’m sending? These are made with the same technique as the iris. I did add some hand stitching this time though.

Here’s close ups of each of them.

The thread I used for the hand stitching was one that I received from Sharon B. that she hand dyed.

They matched so nicely with the colors I had used.

And here’s the last one. If you’d like to trade for one of the postcards that isn’t going to Cyber Fiber just let me know.

Meet Slime, the swamp monster. He is needle felted sculpture that has been a WISP since last October. He was supposed to be completed for a Halloween challenge but perhaps he only wanted to come out for Memorial Day.

He’s all wool which I dyed. He thinks he’s on a calendar for all those lonely female swamp monsters. So he’s posing in a provocative way.

Here’s a closeup of his face.

Here’s my finished iris piece. This isn’t the best of photos. I stitched the silk iris on the background and did some stitching highlights. I didn’t think the iris were highlighted enough so I added a little pearlescent white paint to high light the iris.

Here is a closeup of the iris with the bud.

And the other iris. I needle felted the stems in place. Now I have to decide how to hang/frame. Perhaps a shadow box.

Here is a beautiful book that I won from Sue B’s blog give away. It is really lovely. Thanks Sue!

Here’s the back.

The inside front cover.

And a page with a library pocket.
Here is my latest project.
Sorry about the crazy posting of photos. Blogger is not behaving. Anyways… The first photo is before wet felting. I used hand dyed wool roving for the backing which I embellished on my needle felting machine. I used a variety of fibers and yarns. Then I sewed on the appropriate color of fabric collage pieces. There are closeups of before and after wet felting. This is the background and I am going to add more fibers, stitching and three iris that I made from dyed silk hankies. More later after it dries! And if you haven’t checked it out yet, go check out Sharon B’s stitchin fingers group. Anyone interested in the fiber arts can join.