Wednesday, November 23, 2011

birds

salt dough birds made of salt dough, watercolor paint, modpodge

salt dough owls. these guys are about 2 inches tall. salt dough, watercolor, modpodge
 I continue with my love of crafting with wool and embroidery stitches, as you can see. The salt dough is very interesting to work with (it is a cooked dough of salt and cornstarch and baking soda) which dries very hard with a sparkly surface. A primer coat of mod podge gave a nice painting surface.
detail of a potholder, embroidered upcycled wool pieces and bits, cotton embroidery cord

one side of the story, embroidered upcycled wool sweaters

and the other side of the story

detail

mittens made from sweater sleeves, embroidery...these are "in the making"