More unfinished things

These are samples of 'made fabric', made from offcuts and bits of thread etc etc (I keep a huge jar by my sewing machine and everytime I snip a thread, I pop it in the jar). When there are enough, all the bits are sandwiched between 2 pieces of net, or sheers, or even net grocery bags, and then one free-motion quilts all over to hold it all together. I wish this was my own idea, but I saw it in Arlee Barr's brilliant tutorial, where she calls it 'leaf hair'. Making this makes my recycling heart jump for joy, as well as being supremely easy on the budget... :) I am convinced that one day I will make a masterpiece with this, that will leave people gasping and running after garbage trucks, rummaging through public bins etc.

Holey, moley! I'm not quite sure why I did this. It's not finished and I don't know what to next.

These are a bit cryptic and it's hard to explain but they are pieces which will all be sewn together to make a 3D model of the HIV, except it's not as much biological as social comment. I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait until I finish it and take photos.

This was an attempt at the stained-glass technique and I think I made all the possible mistakes with it. Sometimes I think I tend to just make stuff that is the perfect example of how NOT to do something! (which reminds me of that .sig I read once that said "Just think: your sole purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others!") It is also the first (and only, so far) in a Goddess series which I have more ideas for. I am currently trying to rescue it and then I will border, back and quilt it after which it may well go back into the box from whence it recently emerged!

African Mandala. I have totally dried up on what to do next with this one and it needs so much more! I think it has great potential, but I also feel quite stumped. I guess it's a good example of how one needs to do some sort of planning before leaping in.... So this mandala is waiting for inspiration. I LOVE the idea of doing circular works and I can see I will have to invent a way to hang circles, so I can do more.

These photos spread themselves around the page, but strangely, everytime I delete one photo, ALL the pics I have already uploaded vanish. Eventually I gave up and left it. These pics are parts of a curtain I made for my daughter. It's just the top, no batting or quilting. One day I should do something with it.