Advice Needed

I need some advice.
I am designing some cushions and am using wrought iron designs from my travels as the inspiration.

I have played around in Photoshop to get the outline.

Transferred it to fabric and appliqued it on and then quilted.

Now I can't decide if it needs more quilting eg brick/stone outlines in the background or just leave it simple. It is really just a cushion and meant to be easy to reproduce.
What do you think?

Playing

I have wanted to try this technique ever since Jane Dunnewold's article in Quilting Arts about July last year. As I am still feeling a bit low and certainly lacking any urge to be creative I thought I would just have a play and try it today.

Basically you work with a 5" square of black craft paper and cut out shapes with a craft knife or scissors. Shapes are then reversed as if they have been folded out on a hinge.
One rule is to keep the corners intact.



Quite like these ones

Some worked and some didn't and I'm not sure how I will move forward on this technique although there is something percolating in the far reaches of my creative brain which may come to fruition.

Shapes need to be more balanced I think in this one.

This one needed more detail but too fiddly for me with craft knife and sticky glue fingers.

Think I prefer working with fabric. Have any of you tried this technique as well?

Time for a New Look

With my new life as a struggling self employed artist I felt a change was needed. I know it is only a logo but having something new and fresh also symbolises a new beginning

This is the front of the business card - I was going to put the back up too but thought it was probably not a good idea to have all my contact details floating around the wonderous world that is the internet. It will also form the basis of the revamped website early in the new year.

What do you think?



I was really happy with my designer Jo at Design91 who really made it a fun design exercise.