FV - Day 5

Thought I don't think they're quite done, I'm happy with how the violets are shaping up.
I worked on a few other areas this afternoon but found I was getting 'colour confused'....so it's time to quit for today.

FV - Day 4

Time for the Violets.

And we may as well throw in the tree trunks.

FV - Day 3

I shifted to dark green this morning after finding a lovely FQ of my painted material. Using about half was enough for today, but it helped restore the balance in what I am seeing. I'm still thinking background.  

I'm fusing this all immediately because I realize I could go nuts constantly moving pieces. Since I know some of it is going to covered with something else, it becomes a moot point.

I'm also thinking I'm at the point when I need to mock up some trees to help guide the placement of my limited painted cloth.

Forest Violets - Day 2

I'm in this one for the long haul.
I made the decision that I would not take the confetti and netting route on this piece. It was tempting as it can be SOOO quick, but I decided to take a slower, true collage approach. Consequently every piece will be cut or shaped manually.

As there is a lot of filler and blending still to be added at this time, I chose to use simple Heat and Bond over the more expensive Steam a Seam product. I'll use that later.

So what you can see......if you CAN see the difference, took about 3 hours of cutting and tweezer placing, and then I ironed it down.

Found another hour.

Forest Violets - Colour Block

Here we go.
Piece is colour blocked.
I used a piece of fusible interfacing as an underlay. Some of the larger pieces are fusied to that.
Some had a light applique fusible applied to them and the smaller pieces are attached with a school grade glue stick. Equal opportunities here!
I'm starting out at 36" sq. We'll see how that works.