More totems...'cause some have already sold this summer!!

Went to a tag sale that my niece was part of at the local volunteer fire dept.  Got a whole slew of great pieces.  This lady with a bird was one of many...she's letting the bird out of the cage which is so sweet.  Used greens and coppers to stack for her to be shown in someone's garden.

 This little white horse is part of a special order totem.  Which is why I am showing just part of it.  It is hers exclusively.

Then I had to use this pink paperweight as a topper.  Chose white and crystal to make it stack purrrty.

 A teapot with teal started this totem...because I had this great big jar to park it on once I found all the right pieces in between.

 And lastly...for the moment...a mushroom cluster dictated the color scheme for this totem... Coppers and reds seemed ideal.  It is a shorter one than most which fit the little mushrooms.

 Here is a clear from top to bottom totem, because there is always the purist who doesn't want color, but loves the idea and the sparkle of totems.

Copper Bling

Yup, that's what I call them...I did a four-postcard abstract and then cut them into the four individual cards.
That is a leather chair seat behind them, so you can hardly tell where they start and stop unless you look really close. It's fun trying to keep each one different and yet have an all-over one-piece look at the same time. I loved the foil and it wasn't any more difficult to sew on. I was afraid it might 'shatter' or something. But it went smoothly. Not so much the copper thread - I did have quite a few breaks. I even remembered to change to a metallic needle and loosen up the top tension, but it still decided to snap every so often. I've had other metallics that have been MUCH worse, so it was frustrating but bearable in comparison.

I recently ordered some MistyFuse and other goodies and they just arrived yesterday. Got some different paints to try. Says you can dye with them and I thought it would be nice to do a mini-dye - like for postcard backgrounds. And I ordered a small rotary cutter thinking it was like my little (OLD) one and this one is even smaller!! GOTTA LEARN TO READ THE DETAILS! This is not the first time I ordered something totally different than what I thought I was getting. And I HATE to return things, so it stays, regardless.



I ran out of my old paper-backed fusible doing this cat and two butterflies for a small lap quilt, and then...


...tested the new stuff on a fun cut idea of black and whites on this neat red batik.