Cartoon - Lion Cub Blue Sky

Simba on moon & stars blue sky.

Needle-woven mini-tapestry with beads.  Button moon, bead stars, bead leaves (some to hang over the bottom edge).

Approx. 7"x6".

Loom warped

Beads positioned

Ready to weave

LK Mini-Tapestry

What if I put Simba in front of one of my swirly skies?  My own touch on the theme.

I can even put a button moon in the pic.  ;-]

Instead of a cloud it can be a lion cub.  Stars and moon work ok.  Maybe bead eyes for the cub.

This one's a kewtie.  I can make him look a little more like Simba.  I'm liking this.  8-]

I can have a bead fringe if I want one -- doesn't have to be rain or water, just a bead fringe.  Think about that one.

New Tapestry - Lion King Ideas

Tossing around ideas for a new tapestry.  This one as a baby gift for David & Kenzie for Austin.  A little time yet, but you know how that goes.  Aug. 12 will be here in no time.

So, the theme for the baby's room is Lion King.  I'm assuming the Disney version, but I could go with the Broadway version if something catches my fancy.

Disney version

Broadway version

Ooh, this is a nice one.

Meercats

And so is this one.

Staging

The staging lends itself verry nicely to tapestry motifs.

Gazelles

Tree

Gazelle

I'm liking a gazelle, perhaps in front of the iconic sun/moon?


The meercats are kinda kewt too.

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Googling lion cubs now.  I can cartoon it up a bit, with a circle motif behind.  Nice and graphical.

FOSS Web fabric module

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/Fabric/index.html
FOSS Web fabric module

This is kewl.  8-]

Rainbow Sky Mini-Tapestry

Teaching my pin-woven mini-tapestry class at the upcoming fiber frolic, and the theme is color.  So I'm revamping my blue sky mini-tapestry:

To add a rainbow:

Same buttons and beads and textured fibers, with the addition of a swath of added color.  I'll have to make sure I have primary colors, or at least rainbow-y colors.  I may work up a sample and begin weaving the rainbow section on it.

I have an idea to add white to the section that passes over the cloud so it can look transparent, or at least pastel.

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Ok, here's the upgraded cartoon:

Printed cartoon is a tad sharper (this is a screen capture).  Smallered up the stars and moon 'cuz the button and beads are about that size.  Cartoon is only meant to be a guide anyway.

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Check out the link below for detailed images of the weaving process in this previous blog post:

http://wefttomyowndevices.blogspot.com/2009/05/blue-sky-mini-tapestry.html
Blue Sky - Mini Tapestry

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Foam core board - 20" x 30"

4 looms per board (8 pieces, doubled) - 7.5" x 10"

Cartoon:  5" x 4 1/4"

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Winding yarn bobbins.  Looks like I've hit all the color groups.

Already have these supplies:

graph paper
cartoon
tapestry needles
pins
long pins
skewers
floss


Still have to cut down the foam core boards and make up the looms.  And gather up my sample pieces.


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Alas, I had to cancel.  Maybe next time.  I'm certainly well-prepared (one might say over-prepared).  ;- j

I think I'll see about having a fiber bee at Schuyler House some weekend and teach it there if anyone's interested.  Therese, Steph & Jan might all be interested in playing.

A Rainbow Runs Through It

Sent Therese my class proposal for the upcoming Fiber Frolic (Mar. 3)

A Rainbow Runs Through It ~ Pin-Woven Tapestry ~ Ellen Shipley

Let’s add a rainbow to our starry sky.

Learn to paint with yarn. We’ll make our own looms from foam core board, straight pins and dental floss (yes, dental floss!), and learn a free-form, textured way to weave postcard-sized tapesties.

We’ll use an assortment of weaving yarns in different sizes, textures and colors, along with buttons and beads.

Class Length: 2 hours

Class Size: 6-8; child friendly; no minimum size

Class Fee: $10

Bring: scissors; (you might like to bring interesting textured non-stretchy yarn and beads to play with)

I plan to add a rainbow arcing from left middle to bottom right, as the theme for this frolic is color.

Tapestries in Garden Party Art Show 3

Because I'm also putting some of my mini-tapestries in the show.  8-]