This is my "Wild and Beautiful" mat, 8.5" x 12" in size, and just made with cut
wool that I had around. I was inspired by an antique folk art painting from the
1860s of a stately-looking cat on a rug.
I decided to add the "wild" by the colors I chose. Purples, greens and blues for the cat, and reds, oranges and yellows for the mat. Then I got stuck with what to use for the sky background, until I remembered one piece of wool I had dyed about three years ago.
I had collected about two cups worth of my "trimmings", the little bits you clip when starting or ending a strip of wool. I had soaked a piece of white wool, and then dumped all the little trimmed bits all over it, rolled it up, tied rubber bands around each end to keep it in a roll, and threw it into the dye pot for a while. It came out with a nice confetti sort of look:
I decided to add the "wild" by the colors I chose. Purples, greens and blues for the cat, and reds, oranges and yellows for the mat. Then I got stuck with what to use for the sky background, until I remembered one piece of wool I had dyed about three years ago.
I had collected about two cups worth of my "trimmings", the little bits you clip when starting or ending a strip of wool. I had soaked a piece of white wool, and then dumped all the little trimmed bits all over it, rolled it up, tied rubber bands around each end to keep it in a roll, and threw it into the dye pot for a while. It came out with a nice confetti sort of look:
So I found that piece of wool, and it worked out quite nicely for a "wild"
sort of sky. Here is my finished piece (though it is not hemmed yet It was fun to make a small enough project to feel free to just fool around with
color like this!
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