Friday, April 1, 2011

BIRD CHALLENGE

Well, it's April 1st, and I'm looking forward to seeing what we have made.

I hope I haven't gone too far around the bend on this one, but the first thought that popped to mind for "bird" was a woman I admired for her work in ecology and the spreading of wildflowers across the US. I'm thinking, of course, of LadyBird Johnson.

I studied many on-line photos of her, and modeled my image on several from her later life. I knew she always tried to wear bright colors, so I gave her a dress made from Kaffe Fasett fabric with a big flower as a collar, a red silk hat, and set her among as many pieces of floral fabric as I could squeeze onto our 11 x 17" format.

I had fun making "LadyBird."



Sue Walen

3 comments:

  1. Sue,
    Looking at your piece without reading your statement I immediately knew it was LadyByrd, you did a nice job. The way you used Kaffes' fabric for her clothing will make me look at the fabrics I have in my stash a bit differently. Is the inner border (green w/white lines) an actual fabric or did you add the marks? What about the picket fence?

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  2. You did capture Ladybird very, very well. And your use of different fabrics is fun to study. We get stuck in ruts but you stretched and it shows.

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  3. I am glad you did explain about LadyBird Johnson, as I do not know her. I really is full of color.
    I just wonder how you did her face?
    Heidi

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