I had fun painting paper and creating a journal to hold all my dandelion ideas. I have a lot of preliminary ideas, but nothing I am particularly happy with. I've taken pictures of dandelions in my yard, attempted to sketch dandelions and played with all the little yellow buttons, brads and scrapbooking supplies I have hanging around. I've also been on a search for yellow yarns, but yellow doesn't appear to be a popular color at this time. 
I attempted to create the flying seeds from a piece of wire and some white eyelash yarn. We have a lot more seeds around here than flowers.
I tried flower pounding for the first time. I found that I especially don't care for the smell of crushed dandelions. Between the smell, mess and poor results, I don't think I will be trying that again.
In another experiment, I tried thread painting dandelions on various fabrics and then cutting up strips for a new little quilt. I like the bright colors, but it doesn't say dandelion to me.I have some yellow fibers on order, so hopefully I will have something new to play with soon.
Wow Nikki! You've been busy.
ReplyDeleteFrancoise took the words right out of my mouth. I really like that last little quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling the same way you are. I've tried different ideas, but nothing really stands out. I'm going to focus on other things for a while and maybe something will pop out
ReplyDeleteI am impressed with all of your ideas. Great work.
ReplyDeletevery interesting, Nikki - thanks for sharing your process.
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