Lamb skulls, updated

I didn't think I was going to go in this direction with the lamb skulls, but I ended up squishing them onto a quilt.

The background fabric is green stuff from my last post. Binding didn't seem appropriate to finish the edges (and I am lazy), so I used two layers of overcast stitching instead. Finished size is 15x19.5". Cotton duck and muslin, cotton/poly thread, fabric marker, and graphite, poly batting.
There are a number of errors, certainly (I wasn't really going for perfect!) - but I still like it. I am sending it to someone (I think), and I hope he likes it too.

I was a bit too excited about finishing it to wait for it to dry completely after steaming it. You'll notice some dampness in the pictures :)





I kind of love making giant-applique-image-in-the-center-of-a-quilt things.

Dye Experiments

I had to take a day off work Monday for a meeting, but ended up with a whole free afternoon. My recent Dharma order - bolt of muslin! chemicals! more dyes! - was gnawing at me, so I made a trip to the hardware store - buckets! stirrers! tarp! - organized my new dye cabinet, and got cracking in the basement on some simple experiments. Each is two yards by 48" (or was it 45"?)

First up, two shades of black and one shade of blue created this grey beastie:






Second, two different greens combined with one black:






And finally, grey on grey.




Forgive my blurriness (I was standing on a twirly desk chair) and Alfie's intrusions. She loves to help. Speaking of which, here's a video.



(If I was using the floor as a pin table, she'd come over to investigate, and then pull out the ball-topped pins. I finally bought a box of the bent safety pins, thinking it'd deter her.. Little did I know she'd just try to make off with the entire box. Terrible!)