starting a new project

I am starting a new project. It is 96 inches long in total but will be hung in two sections. One section is 30 inched wide it will go on the right over the steps to the lower level and the other section is 66 inches wide it will go over the window on the left. The height of the piece is also 30 inches.

Above is the design drafted in full size on paper.
Below is the fabric dyeing in buckets in the kitchen.

new work

I am getting ready to start a new work. This is a draft of my idea. I don't know why it is posting vertical because the picture is saved horizontal. Any how. There are two pieces that are asymmetrical. It will hang on an eleven foot wall over two openings under the wall. The flowers are zinnias from the homeowner's front yard.

I have had two crazy busy weeks with a work conference, transporting folks to and from the airport, house guests (that were really servants! and helped me more than i helped them) etc. Today i finished grading papers for this week so tomorrow is back to the dye buckets for sure.
Can't wait to get started in on this project.
Talk to you soon.

Shibori project

After much readjusting this is the final version. I made this with the clamp resists from the Jan Newbury class at the Crow Barn a couple of weeks ago.

Post Crow Barn quilt

I am back from my trip to the Nancy Crow Barn in Columbus Ohio. What a great Shibori class with Jan Meyer Newbury. I have many more ways of mark making on fabric now. I was number 13 out of 21 and it was a good number for me.

This is a picture of the wall hanging that i came home with made from fabrics i had dyed using mostly clamp resist. Yesterday i spent quite a bit of time taking it all apart and redoing it.

You can see from the strips hanging down from behind it that i was thinking that strips between each section was the right way to go. I was unanimously voted down. Since i am so new at designing i thought i would take their advice and give it a try. I am adding one new strip of "windows" and lengthening each piece so the width and length are balanced.

Once i get it all sewn back together, I'll post a finished picture.