This is my twelfth Weekly Mixed Media piece this year. The front is above, and the back is below.
Here are the steps I took to create it:
I found some netting (which I think a neighbor gave me from her Christmas tree) in a bag when I was taught an The Uncommon Quilting workshop at the Danforth Museum in Framingham Mass last Saturday. Someone in the class made a crayon rubbing of this netting and I really liked the way it turned out so I decided to use it as my inspiration for this week's mixed media piece.
First, I made a crayon rubbing of the netting, and then quilted it with batting and a backing. I wasn't sure how to stitch it, so I just stitched straight lines, horizontally and vertically, about 3/8" apart.
Then I placed many pieces of different kinds of white yarn I have on a piece of black wool felt/material, and I needle punched it (felted it) in to the black wool.
After that, I placed a piece of black pre-felted wool fleece on top of the yarn/wool, and I needle punched/felted the wool to it.
I spent a far amount of time needle punching it, so the white yarn pieces started to show through the black fleece.
I trimmed one side of the felt, attached it to the quilted fabric, and trimmed it down to 6" square. The final step was that I zigzagged the edges of the quilted fabric so it wouldn't unravel.
You can see my 2008 weekly mixed media work (so far) on my website, and read about my process/progress here on my blog.
