The 3 R's - Monique Kleinhans

Flight of Fancy

I have a whole drawer full of odds and ends when it comes to different bits of specialty fabrics.  Some has been given to me, some from my travels and some....well I'm not sure _where_ it came from.  I decided to pull from that drawer to complete this challenge in the hopes to reduce the amount of effort I have to use in order to shut said drawer!

Also among my collection of "I'll use it someday", I had gathered these little metal washers and some embroidery threads--so why not throw these into the mix as well!



The Dragonfly was made using some left over bits of texture magic from my last challenge piece and candlelight thread.  For the wings, I treated some of my fabric with Terial Magic to give it body, and then encased it with an iridescent sheer with some areas cut away.

Finally, for the water, I used a small scrap of some gorgeous silk that I just never had the heart to part with.  I stitched it down with pleats and folds to give the appearance of water ripples.

I enjoyed this challenge very much---almost as much as I enjoyed seeing a little bit of extra daylight in my studio space!