Sunny day!

Finally today we had nice sun and only a little wind. I have been wanting to try the setacolor sun printing paints that I got last summer just before we got three weeks of rain. Last week I had started pressing some leaves to use for the printing. In a strange alignment of elements I had time, materials, motivation, and warm drying sun. I just did two small pieces of silk that I can use for nuno felt. Since the silk is so thin I folded it so I got two prints on each piece.

The half that was on the bottom has more of a faded look.

Here is the second piece.

I took the faded half of the first one and made a nuno felt picture with it.

I used some of the silk that I dyed on Monday for the roses and the leaves. Here is a scan of the piece. Neither the scan nor the photo has quite the right color.

It felt good to complete a piece in one day, although I may decide to stitch and bead this one too. I am thinking some small french knots like sprays of baby's breath.

Yesterday I worked on felting a scarf that I had painted last year. I didn't like the painting so I thought I might as well try something different. Unfortunately I still don't like it but I may go ahead and use it for the front of a good size pillow. Sweet Dreams.