I have been on a 'trip around the world' procrastinating trying to decide on a subject. Started with Great Zimbabwe - Great Zimbabwe | National Geographic Society , then closer to home with Stonehenge (obviously popular as two of you have chosen it), followed by pyramids and/or the Temple at Karnak with hieroglyphics before finally settling on Petra. Dianne, I see you agree with me that it is spectacular and what a way to encounter it!
In my usual chaotic way, I have left it to the last minute. I am heavily involved with two craft groups and the run up to Christmas means extra work. I started my piece yesterday morning, had to break to go out for lunch and all the best laid plans etc, mean that I haven't finished it completely.
From the beginning I knew that I was going to print the facade of the Treasury Building. I was really surprised and encouraged to find I had a large stash of fabrics that suited rock faces but when I started to use them, I realised that I needed so much more time. Also, that they would work better in a much larger scale of piece. So, I abandoned that idea and went with the simplest and most dramatic presentation. But when I took a photo I realised I had made a horrible mistake with the left-hand edge of the passage floor. Aaaagh! It needed urgent surgery, hence being a day late to put it right.
Although it isn’t how I imagined
the piece, I am quietly pleased with the result. I used Prymm Fabric Printing Sheets and raw
edge applique bonded down. It will be machine
quilted with a satin stitch edging. The piece is small and measures 14.5” x 10”.
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Hilary