Signora - Scarf and facial features

Everything is placed and fused and the scarf has all the stitching it needs to maintain the folds as well as keep some texture.

Marking that seasoned flesh was crucial and I'll admit a kind of 'hold your breath' scary.
The face, fingers and arms have the basic lines.....the major sags and folds are lightly marked with a permanent F&P brown quilt label pen. They don't show up at there best here but they are clear enough for me to work with.

Time to add the backing.

Vecchia Signora tra le Viti

This image is another one of those that have haunted me for a long time. My original thoughts were to use the collage process but I couldn't massage it in Photoshop to my liking, or I'm still not wholly comfortable with the process. So my default method is raw applique.

Enlarging it and then tracing a cartoon and a second copy on fusible materials worked very well for the face and arms, but the head scarf was another matter.

For this I cut individual strips on the bias from a light weight poly knit. There is no distinct pattern but I hoped that there was enough interest in the design to give it some lift and texture.

 I fused a sharp fold in the material where it surrounds the face. For now the rest is pinned.
I'm sure I"m going to play with the folds for a while.