Bees Do It

When the little blue clock in the middle of his work
Sings a song to the moon up above
It is nature that's all
Simply telling us to fall in love....

And that's why birds do it,
bees do it,
even educated fleas do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love!

When I was making this piece, for some reason, this Cole Porter lyric kept running through my head - so even though I was initially just making all those squiggly squares and circles,eventually I found myself making some flowers and leaves and insects, despite myself.

Although I had suggested in my last post that it probably would have made more sense to paint the stablizer/lutradur first and then cut it out, some of my little lines had gotten filled in with paint, and when I tried to re-cut them out with the heat tool, it worked, but...

all the paint got sticky and glommed up the tool - so... pick your evil. My preference would be to paint after. "Bees Do It" is 42" x 24, the bacground is scraps of black satin, wool, silk velvet, cotton and then quilted.

So, I'm done experimenting with the lutradur now, and will start actually working with it.... I actually have a piece done that I'm really excited to show you, but I can't until a MONTH from now (lol) so I'll have to maybe do some more thread work in the meantime, or start a new piece I have in mind about Angelique or another one I have in mind for a call for entry due in August.

Hmmmm...

Guess we'll all see on Monday! Have a great weekend, everyone!

8 comments:

Deborah OHare15.6.12
Loving the contrast of black and white, and the textute of the background is yummy!
quilthexle15.6.12
Guess I have to try this ... I love the flower on the right !
Felicity15.6.12
gorgeous bee!
Dolores15.6.12
I really like the subtlety of your black background. An interesting piece.
Sheila15.6.12
Very interesting piece Kit , you have a very creative mind :-)
Regina16.6.12
Really nice - and I have always wondered what to do with lutradur, you gave some good ideas.
Beth17.6.12
I love how we learn as we go along. My favorite bits, believe it or not, are the little squares and circles. Very bold.
M-R Charbonneau17.6.12
Oooh, I love it, Kit! Very cool!