has come up with another great idea for a winter hop!!! And boy, did I stretch my comfort zone dearly. Thanks Marian, for inviting me to join in on the fun.
Now, back to my out of the box experience.
Since I'm into mini quilts these days, I decided to make the Buffalo Nickel as my project. I went online, found a clipart image, enlarged it 180% do that the finished mini will be around 12 to 15 inches square.
This is some type of upholstery fabric I've had for years with no real plans of using it.
Here's a close-up. I'm using it within the body of the buffalo.
Marian said to use something "not cotton" or along those lines. But what else to do with the project.
"Think, think, think girl," I said to myself.
As Mr. Gru in Despicable Me would say, "Lightbulb!"
I'll use a glass photo frame. Mr. Cowboy was puzzled about my decision but said little at this point.
Placing a background fabric inside the frame was a good start but I had to sleep on the next step.
Maybe I'd place the buffalo on the outside of the glass.....hummmmm!
That idea was scraped because the glass was too slippery (translation.....I didn't know what I was doing...LOL)
Mr. Cowboy suggested something red/white/blue.
What???
Hummmm...however crazy that was, it did get me to thinking in a new direction.
Okay, I've got glass, flux leather, batting for the horn of the buffalo. What else to use to make this happen?????
P a p e r????
Yes, that's it!!!
A lot of tiny cutting went on using my itty bitty scissors.
How to get all the pieces to stay in place??? Elmer's Glue will do the trick. This glue is from my life as a teacher. I'm surprised it hasn't dried up. I retired 10 years ago.
A close-up...things arte looking pretty good.
Another close-up....I'm liking this.
Finally done. Mr. Cowboy snapped the photo & called dibs for it to hang on his office wall. We'll see!!!!
Now for a wonderful surprise......
Marian has some great give aways. Make sure you pop over to her
BLOG to participate.
Again, to Marian, thank you so much for the invite!!!
