Spiral Lone Star Border Work
Yesterday was just yucky with cold temps and more snow. My mom had a special birthday to celebrate--any number after a 9 is a special one so I made the trip to see her when the roads cleared. Home again, reunited with the dogs, and a spot of lunch in my belly, I headed over to the studio to see what I could do with this behemoth. Yes, I have started to feel that way about it.
The star was started so many years ago, and when I look at it I see the wobbliness in the center. The work was so extensive to get it to the point of being attached to a background I roll my eyes. And in the background I saw the problem finally. This star was pieced and ripped and pieced and ripped multiple times. There was probably stretching in spite of my best effort. Stars are all bias. When adding the background, I used a backing fabric that was a looser woven so it also gave and stretched. A lot, a lot, a lot. When that was too crazy and not working, I took the star off, attached it to a lightweight interfacing, sewed and turned it, and appliqued it to a new whole background. See how that background can be bunched at the top like a worn sheet? It's very fluid.
