Christmas Creativity
I love making decorations at Christmas and for more than 30 years have been making Christmas Pillows and Tree Ornaments. This year I used Procion MX dyes and black gutta and "sketched" my Santa on silk for a new pillow. Working with paintbrushes and dye on stretched silk is not very different than working with watercolors.
I have been making 2 dozen tree ornaments - all from the same design - every year since my children were babies. They became presents for family, teachers, ballet teachers, coaches, and friends. When each of my 3 children were married, I gave them a large bag full of all of their ornaments and now also give them to our grandchildren. Many of my Santa ornaments were sketched as part of the EDM challenge "Draw a Collection" (Santas-1, Santas-2, and Santas-3) when I first joined EDM. This year I made pigs from hand-dyed pink cottons and 3 of them already went home with our grandchildren Henry, Sydney, and Callum for their Christmas tree.
Comments
Now those are cute!
Posted by: Sherry Thurner | December 4, 2007 7:29 PM
Oh I do love those pigs! The buttons for the noses are just great. And this year I am especially attracted by the idea of homemade gifts. I want to do such a project, but haven't figured out what yet. I better get on that :)
Posted by: martha | December 4, 2007 9:00 PM
Oh Shirley, the pillow is beautiful but I want one of your pigs. I'm writing to Santa right now!
Posted by: RobynS | December 5, 2007 2:41 AM
WHAT A CLEVER and sweet tradition, Shirley! I LOVE the Santa! And those wee piggies -- reminds me so much of the south with our emphasis on pork and pork production! GREAT WORK, Cara!
Posted by: lin | December 5, 2007 8:24 AM
oh my gosh! those pigs are PRICELESS!! I'd like a whole tree full of those!
Posted by: juj | December 5, 2007 8:58 AM
Shirley, I love the santa pillow. What a great idea to "sketch" using fabrics. I followed the link to your sketches of the santa ornaments. They are beautiful!
Posted by: Lynn | December 5, 2007 2:29 PM
Oh my, what cute pigs. How are they hung?
Posted by: Hashi | December 28, 2007 12:36 PM