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Monday, October 5, 2015

Uniform - Monique Kleinhans - "Hay Bales"

 Every fall the valley is lined with field after field of golden hay bales.  I love the beauty in their uniform nature.  (Much more so now that I don't have to help haul them in and stack them!)


I created the field by weaving two different fabrics together and then couched a small golden yarn along the intersections.  The bales were needle felted using yarn on a base of flannel then appliqued and blended with a bit more thread work.   The sky is hand painted using a diluted soft body acrylic.
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5 comments:

  1. JayeOctober 16, 2015 at 6:54 AM

    Love your color selection! Growing up in Midwest farm country, I can really relate to the bales of hay!

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  2. RobbieOctober 16, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    How clever of you!!!! Yep...I'm a farm girl as well...raised on a farm and had a farm until hubby and I married in '91. He sold his boat and I sold my horses! HA Nicely done Monique!

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    1. Monique KleinhansOctober 18, 2015 at 3:08 PM

      Thanks Robbie! It was a fun technique to try with this...I don't think I'm done playing with the idea. (who had the harder time selling? I would think it would have been harder to get rid of your horses! <3

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  3. Marty MasonDecember 1, 2015 at 3:12 AM

    On a clear fall day, blue sky and recently baled hay. Love it.

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