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<\/a><\/p>\nOf course the model is the late Miss P.<\/p>\n
And because I always work in fabric, I need to have a bunch of choices to try out.\u00a0 Does the fabric play together nicely, or do they clash?\u00a0 \u00a0And the eternal question ‘Do I have enough fabric?’ (the answer is always ‘No”.)<\/p>\n And I also needed fusible web, sharp scissors and, wait a minute, how did Pteri sneak into the pile?<\/p>\n So here it is, the finished product.\u00a0 \u00a0I had an amazing (to me) amount of trouble with this piece, many things that could go wrong did go wrong.\u00a0 \u00a0I cut pieces out backwards, the fusible stuck to everything but the fabric, I actually sewed two important finished bits together and had to re-cut them at the last minute.\u00a0 It was due at a show by 4:00 pm and I delivered it at 3:37 (so it was 23 minutes early, thank goodness that the traffic wasn’t bad).\u00a0 And then the best bit, it was juried into the show.<\/p>\n I think the entire experience can be summed up in this quote from my e-friend Shreve “It’s when I’m under pressure that I realize what a great procrastinator I really am.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t know if there is any particular part of creating art that could be said to be the hardest part, it’s all hard, just in different ways. I suppose the first hard part is having inspiration.\u00a0 \u00a0Some people fill endless sketchbooks with ideas, and then struggle to decide which one is worthy to finish.\u00a0 … Continue reading New Art<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n