2023 FAIR DAY!!!
IT WAS A WONDERFUL FUN YEAR AT THE FAIR THIS YEAR AGAIN...BELOW IS MY "UNDER THE SEA" WITH A FIRST PLACE RIBBON AND A CREATIVITY ROSETTE!!!
SANDY HAND MADE THIS CREATIVE FROG BY HAND, AND RECEIVED A FIRST PLACE RIBBON AND A CREATIVITY ROSETTE!!!
"LOOK FOR THE SIGNS" RECEIVED A SECOND PLACE RIBBON!!!
"MERMAID UNDER THE SEA" RECEIVED A FIRST PLACE RIBBON!!!
"SUMMER IN THE PALOUSE" RECEIVED A FIRST PLACE RIBBON!!!
"UNDER THE SEA QUADRUPLED" RECEIVED A SECOND PLACE RIBBON, ALONG WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE AT PATRICK'S YARN AND FABRIC STORE!
"AUTUMN IN THE PALOUSE" RECEIVED A FIRST PLACE RIBBON!!!!
TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SEE EACH PICTURE, BELOW I WILL POST SOME CLOSE-UP PICTURES AND SOME DESCRIPTIONS...
LEFT BOTTOM CORNER, CRUNCHING UP VELVET MAKES IT LOOK LIKE CORRAL REEFS!
LOTS OF TYPES OF YARN AND STITCHING LOOKS LIKE UNDER SEA WEEDS!!!
NEXT IS "LOOK FOR THE SIGNS"...
I LOVE WORKING WITH BLUE AND PURPLE...
I BOUGHT THE CENTERPIECE FROM ZEN TO ZANY, WITH PERMISSION TO USE IT IN MY QUILT PIECE.
THE PEACOCK LACE IS FROM BARBARA NICKI SEAVEY WHO DYES WONDERFUL LACE PIECES USED IN ALL MY ARTWORK!
NEXT I LIKE TO CALL "THE MERMAID UNDER THE SEA"
THE MERMAID WAS PAINTED BY ANNETTE GRAVES FOR ME!!
"SUMMER IN THE PALOUSE" IS NEXT...
THIS WAS A FUN PIECE, FOUND THE WHEELS ON ETSY. USED SOME DRIFTWOOD, GLUED TO FELT, ADDED TONS OF FRENCH KNOTS AND THEN WAS ABLE TO SEW TO THE WHOLE PIECE!
THE BROWN FABRIC MIMICS THE WHEELS!
LOTS OF ROCK BEADS ARE ADDED UNDER THE TREES ABOVE AND BELOW!
THE BUNCHES OF BEADS MIMIC CLOUDS!!!
NEXT IS THE "AUTUMN OF THE PALOUSE"...
PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD AGAIN WITH FRENCH KNOTS!!!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, "UNDER THE SEA, QUADRUPLED!"
THIS WAS A FUN PIECE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW UNDER THE SEA IN VARIOUS COLORS!!!
THE FUZZY YARN WAS FUN TO WORK WITH...JUST TACK DOWN AND ADD A FEW BEADS!!!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY JOURNEY OVER THE YEARS, CHECK OUT THIS LINK TO MY FLICKR SITE FOR PAST AWARDS! NOW UP TO 23!!!!
HAPPY STITCHING!!! AND THANKS FOR THE VISIT!!!!
BJ SANDUSKY
