Julie's Round Two Completed

Here is how my second round piece looks after making the tour through all the participating artists. Didn't it turn out great?

Here's what my overall design looked like, with one piece of fabric added to my square (oops forgot to take the picture first!). I used as my base a piece of cotton moire' that I'd dyed. The design idea came from the faux barkcloth print on one of my atomic pillowz.

So when I received it back, it was all covered up. Part of the fun is un-stitching each of these covers one by one, slowly revealing the entirety of the work!

First, I'll show you the square I worked on. The dark stitched line marks the edges of the six individual squares. And yes, I'll definitely be taking that stitching out.

Next is Arlee Barr's work, she always has such great texture in her work. also, she is the Corspe Mistress aka the organizer of this whole shebang, and she does such a good job keeping us all on schedule and pointed in the same direction. Some of this is painted, some is stitched, and lots of it is sparkly and/or beaded
Next is by Elizabeth O'Donnell, lots of great hand stitching and embroidery on top of couching and applique.
This square is by Donna Royer, it has a great fringe treatment on the edges of the shapes, and if I'm not mistaken she's hand drawn the patterns on the two fabrics of the shapes (ie not the background).
This square is by Reta Brunner, you can't see it too well in this picture but there are clear star sequins scattered across the background, very twinkly and beautiful. She used some interesting fabrics that go together well with the rest of the piece.

Finally a square by Susan Sawatzky, she's used several silk fabrics, couched yarns, and some great beads.

There's been some discussion on which way is up on this piece, which is great, because I think that abstract art is good when you can enjoy it from any position.