Morning Dew Drops

Memory Flag for Memorial Day

Celebrating with the Fleur de lis

A special mention in honor of those who have died fighting for our freedom here in the United States of America as we celebrate this Memorial Day Weekend.

Broken jewels, tattered lace, music notes and letters written over time with three fleur de lis as in the flags of Acadiana and New Orleans.

Faded and translated held together with running stitches and a bracelet mailed to a sweetheart.

No matter where they were stationed many traveled the globe,

fought and died from WWI to Vietnam, the Middle East and maybe even all the way back to the American Revolution as mine.

Layered antique pieces, remnants of our loved ones

remembered for our freedom.

A fleur de lis memory flag

In Honor ofMemorial Day!

(tutorial tips below)

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BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE TO CELEBRATE

our Debut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Click link --

Morning Dewdrops Interview at Artists in Blogland

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and there's a party going on over at Beverly's

Happy 4th Birthday

Pink Saturday !!

We're also celebrating at

Leah for 2012 Create Everyday Challenge

Marcia - Artists in Blogland - for Show & Tell Saturday

Diana for Sweet Saturday

Mary for Art Blog Hop

Eva and Kristin for Paint Party Friday

Marcia for Just Journals

Jennifer for Artist's Play Room

Please leave a comment and let us know what you think of our interview, celebrations or Memorial Day

What have you been celebrating lately?

My son, Josh, graduated LSU last weekend!!

Blessings Terri

Tutorial Tips

I mentioned in a previous post we'd talk more about Lutradur, a spunbounded synthetic fabric. I stamped the fleur de lis with acrylic paint, then I ironed on magenta foil. I had fun burning/distressing the Lutradur with my heat gun. The acrylic paint acts as a mask, so the fabric will not burn in that area.

I created a second layer when I printed music and lettering directly onto the Lutradur without a carrier sheet.

The layers are white craft felt, the letter writing layer, the fleur de lis layer, some tattered lace and torn scrim. Then the entire flag was covered with metallic pink organza. Make sure enough of all the layers show through.

Then I took embroidery thread and hand-stitched the layers together. I used basic running stitches. I wanted it to look pieced, not well put together, tattered and old. I took jewels from bracelets, earrings and a necklace and sewed those on. I did a little decorative embroidery stitches in a chain stitch. I hung the flag from a broken necklace.

I kept my pallete for the flag muted with antique/old fabric scraps and used only two other colors, pale pink and purple.

I enjoyed the process and journey this little flag took me on. I hope some of these ideas inspire you and take you on a journey too.

Posted on 05/26/2012 at 06:46 PM in Altered Art - Collage, Art Inspirations, Blogging, Embellishment, Family & Friends, Fiber & Wearable Art, Sewing, Silk Ribbon & Needlework, Tutorials | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0)

Featuring Magazine - Fabric Art Collage

As you know from my last blog, my fabric art collage was published in Featuring magazine in the Theme Gallery - Cheering, Stomping & Applauding. Many of you asked me to provide some closeup shots and go over some of the embellishments, so let's take a look.

I've used the images of the faces and bird before in my work. I recommend scanning all your drawings into your computer or from your camera to use again digitally. I printed the images onto Ludratur fed directly into my printer. You don't need a carrier/feeder page. Ludratur is a spun bond web material and is transparent, so anything printed on it appears softly faded. It's great for text too. Next week, I'm showing another piece using this fun material.

This piece has been stenciled with acrylics, stamped with foil and stitched away.

The letters, flowers & fleur-de-lis were first dye-cut, then painted, stamped, embossed with a heat gun and then sprayed with ink.

Here is the collage in the beginning stages. I drew the hands (Applauding) on Lutradur. The image of the sneakers (Stomping) is taken from a picture I took of my granddaughter playing on a see-saw. You can also see where I've created an ink wash of greens and pinks along with applying foil at this stage. The foundation is white craft felt and muslin. Most of my fabric collages start with this foundation.

Don't throw those scraps away! This piece is embellished with buttons sewn over hand-made paper, scraps of organza and lace. The basic embroidery stitches I use over and over are the the cross-stitch, chain stitch and fly stitch. I actually cross-stitched over strips of metal in this collage.

I had so much fun embellishing this piece. I used brads and grommets. I've even hand-sewn with some wire. That's right the wire going through the grommets and silver pieces was hand-sewn with a needle. Fabric squares have been stacked and sewn on with buttons. And I drew the champagne glasses (Cheering) directly onto the Lutradur like the applauding hands.

Before any embellishing, I stitched the layers together on my sewing machine in a very random way (no pattern here) starting in the middle and moving outward. I finished the edges with a zigzag stitch couching over ribbon.

We're Cheering, Stomping and Applauding in the Theme Gallery of FEATURING.

To see me in print, click on the BUTTON above (or on left sidebar), scroll down to the middle of the page where you will find "Preview", click on "Read more...", then click on "Take a Look, click here..." and a Preview PFD file of the magazine will appear in another tab. I'm on PAGE 23 of the Theme Gallery and I'm on the back cover of Inchies -- PAGE 26 (center four squares) YEAH!!!

Or see the post below to view the actual pages in the magazine. I love hearing from you, so leave a comment

Blessings, Terri

Posted on 05/13/2012 at 04:59 PM in Altered Art - Collage, Art Inspirations, Fiber & Wearable Art, Sewing | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Featuring Magazine - Art Journal, Mixed Media & More

Morning Dewdrops is Blooming Big with Celebration for Featuring Magazine

FEATURING is a stage for all kinds of artists -- And What A Stage it is!

Just Like Morning Dewdrops - A Stage of Inspiration

And a BIG applause goes to Marit Barentsen. Thanks for listening to your son when he asked -- "Why don't you do it yourself then?" Thanks for thinking BIG! And thanks to Marius -- great design-- You are blessed with a creative family!

We love to promote creativity at Morning Dewdrops!

So they're coming up roses over at FEATURING. Marit wanted stories to READ -- articles, interviews, background -- and she delivers!

Congratulations to the FEATURING Team - Julie, Katie, Marcia and Annemarie

I encourage everyone to purchase this magazine and am honored to be published in their first issue. The print/photo quality of is stunning and it's packed with inspiring stories and articles.

SEE images below of my artwork and instructions to find me in their preview issue.

FEATURING is full of artistic international flair!

FEATURING is a gift for your coffee table -- Great reading with coffee in the morning and again in the evening with a glass of wine (or tea).

FEATURING BLOOMS AROUND THE WORLD!!

We're Cheering, Stomping and Applauding in the Theme Gallery of FEATURING.

To see me in print, click on the BUTTON above (or on left sidebar), scroll down to the middle of the page where you will find "Preview", click on "Read more...", then click on "Take a Look, click here..." and a Preview PFD file of the magazine will appear in another tab. I'm on PAGE 23 of the Theme Gallery and I'm on the back cover of Inchies -- PAGE 26 (center four squares) YEAH!!!-- AND SEE BELOW PICS!!!!