"Psychedelic Pumpkin," 16 x 14, handmade by Pam Geisel, September 2016
This month the Island Batik Ambassador's are making pieces that fit the theme "Pumpkin Fest."
Last month I was working on bookmarks. I pulled out the red and orange Island Batik fabrics from the Lavish collection, then I added the light purple from the Desert Rose collection. As I was doing the mindless cutting of many strips of fabric, I was also thinking about the upcoming Island Batik Ambassador challenges when it occurred to me that I could use these same strips of fabric for the parts of a pumpkin!
I used the dark purple from the Desert Rose collection for the background and a purple with orange on it from the same collection for the border.
Because the 1" strips were pieced and then raw edge appliqued to the background I decided to finish them off with by couching a red cord on top of the raw edges. I added the brown stem last to cover the ends of the cord.
Here's one of the bookmarks, I call them "Pumpkin Spice."
Here's one of the bookmarks, I call them "Pumpkin Spice."
1 comment:
I love how the pumpkin seems to glow. Nicely done.
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