Magic Feathers Flying Away to Jude

our magic feathers are ready to fly off to jude...



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magic feathers--2 down

just completed a second Magic Feather

for jude at Spirit Cloth

worked while kids stitched

repetitive filler stitches in negative space

very meditative

Progress Report--Magic Feathers

busy working on feathers

applique and embroidery

needles in and out of fabric

sometimes into fingers as well

learning as they go

experience is the best teacher

One Down for Magic Feathers

finished my first feather Friday while the kids worked...



....closer detail...



...second feather in progress...brighter...different but similar...

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and the fun begins..

...and the fun begins...

...from paper to fabric...

...piecing ideas together...

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Fodder for Feather Thoughts

Today we visited Jude's Magic Feather Project. The kids were very attentive throughout the tutorials. As we browsed through the collected plumage there were lots of oohs and ahs. I sent the kids home at the end of the day with ideas germinating and growing into sketches. Tomorrow we begin in earnest. Anticipating........


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feather magic

....thinking in images...on my iPad...considering jude's magic feathers...digital finger painting...indigo....and charcoal..........

.............maybe combine paint and stitching...loose trailing threads...silk perhaps...maybe, just maybe........................

........sleek and shiny...silk and mercerized cotton perchance a bit of metallics...a few tiny delicas for scattering the light...........

check it out

spirit cloth

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