“The Road Ahead,” fused and quilted fabric collage mounted on canvas, acrylic paint

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Clerical stole made from Guatemalan wool woven and silk jacquard, with machine applique and metallic thread quilting, muslin batting, completed December 2007.

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Clerical Stole made of light wool suiting and cotton batik pieced applique, applique is satin-stitched with variegated thread.

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fused cotton fabric collage, in progress

This is where I am so far for the January Take it Further Challenge, after pondering a rough sketch for awhile.

The mountains are all cut from one piece of striped batik fabric, fused with MistyFuse to the sky. The colors are more jewel-toned than this photo suggests.

I’m really happy with this so far, but don’t see it relating much to my initial concept. Since I’m not sure what to do next, I figure this is a good place to stop for now. So, now to ponder — paint, embroidery, machine quilting? Does the road fit into this at all? How to build out the bottom of it to give more depth?

Clerical Stole made of green wool crepe and gold-toned upholstery fabric, quilted with variegated metallic threads, with muslin batting

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