Collages

I picked up a three pack of art canvases at the Dollar Tree recently ~ here's a look at what I did with two of them.  "Drama Queen" has a page from a French play as the background.  I won it (along with lots of other great ephemera) in a giveaway from Liz at Lululiz in Lalaland .  The design in the upper left corner is a rub-on...I think it was a perfect fit for that space.  Some vintage lace, a stamp, some buttons and a paper fan add some dimension to this piece.  The image of the young girl  is so pretty ~ I'm sure I found it somewhere on the Internet.  Wish I could remember where.

"Fly" is my favorite piece of the two.  I've discovered that I love working with cheesecloth ~ it adds such great texture!  I collect "fat birds" and the bird in this image definitely qualifies ~ I think it's so cute!  The piece of fabric with the word fly on it is a bit of very old, very fragile blanket binding.  I use it sparingly and I only have about 12 inches left.  I added a "flower" made from lace, some old buttons and a vintage pin.

I'm finding these collages to be a bit addictive!! 

Linking to Vintage Inspiration Friday at Debra's Common Ground.

So much inspiration ~ So little time!

One Swap Finished

Well almost.  I still need to add some kind of "hanger" to the back. 
What do you use to hang your fabric collage?

UPDATE: I just read the swap "rules" again and I'm not suppose to add a hanger,
so I guess it's officially done! 
Thanks for the hanging tips though ~ I'll be trying them out on the next one!

I'm happy with the results. But I think I will try another and use a solid background, although I do love this floral fabric ~ having a neutral background might be nice too.   I think my swap partner Ginger will like it ~ she loves the "shabby chic" look.

Diane and Robin, you were right! I can't wait to make another one.

If you'd like to see more of the fabric collages that have been created please visit A Swap For All Seasons.  We have 100 swappers, including our "hostess with the mostess" Linda!

Fabric Collage

Well, I didn't get to craft one little bit over the weekend!  Instead Saturday morning we had a new (to us) sofa delivered, Saturday afternoon we had some family fun celebrating Elijah's birthday and Saturday evening I cleaned and re-arranged the family room so the "new" sofa would have a home. By Sunday night all the football fans had a nice, clean room to watch the Super Bowl in. I retreated to my craft room and spent a few hours sorting, cleaning and looking for the top of my desk! Once I finally found it, it was bed time!  : )

Finally last night I was able to get in there and work on my fabric collage.  I've never done a collage with fabric before  ~ I figured it couldn't be any different than the many paper collages I've done in the past.  But it is ~ the textures & dimensions are so different.  I'd lay one piece down and stare at it for 15 minutes or so and then decide not to use it.  Then I'd pile on four or five doodads and stare at them.  It would be very easy to use too many bits & pieces of stuff on these collages and just as easy to use too few. I made some progress, but I decided to stop working on it until later tonight. 

I need to think about it for a little bit.....but I'm pleased with the progress so far.