When I received Elizabeth's piece I had four areas to choose from and I chose the bottom middle. The design in that area was pretty sparse with only two sets of feet and a head to work on.
The night before I began work I actually dreamed about a bird nest and when I started working on the piece I decided that a nest of baby ravens would be perfect. The nest was really fun to do. I began with paper stitched and restitched adding threads and bits as I went along.
I read up on raven nests and then searched for days for a picture of baby ravens. I finally found one and printed the babies out on fabric then stitched and feathered them with clipped bits of yarn.
The large raven head was done again using the clipped bit of yarn.
The beak was painted and both sets of feet were of a sparkly felt. The final touch was the red bead to echo the red lines of paint Elizabeth had put on the background fabric. I really loved working on this one.
3 comments:
I am truly amazed that this one is so perfect---for 6 people to have no contact with each other except by internet, and not knowing what had already been done, this completed piece is exceptional!!!
Well done, Susan---your work has come a long way and matured beautifully.
This is beautifully done Susan, I just love how you did the nest, ingenious!
Wonderful! I want to see this one in person, too ... oh, those fabulous textures!
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