On my design wall – 2014.07.16

Last week, I showed my progress on the Kalina part of the fabric portrait of Thomas and Kalina.  I mentioned that I thought the lightest fabric might be too light – and many of you agreed.   So while I worked on the Thomas part of the portrait, I auditioned a lot of alternative fabrics – many were too dark, some were too light.

Eventually I settled on a fabric that is almost ‘just right’ – it could be considered a tiny bit too dark (depending on the light) but I decided I would rather have a fabric that was a tad too dark, rather than too light.  I was concerned about whether I would be able to remove the original fabric, and had considered fusing the new fabric on top of it, if necessary.  Luckily, I had pressed the fused fabrics, but only lightly, so I was able to slip a pin under the too light fabric and lift it right off.

Interestingly, I had the same problem with the lightest fabric for Thomas’ face – the first one I selected was also too light.   I think I’ve finalized all the fabric selections – but right now, they are just pressed to parchment paper, and the Thomas section is not actually fused to the Kalina section yet.  I want to let it sit for a day before I do the final fusing, and start sewing.  I’d love to know what you think of it.

(As I said last week, I’m just showing it in black & white until after the wedding – then I’ll post it in all its glorious surrealistic color – want to guess what colors I’ve used?)

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