bub is helping me block this new thing that i don't really know what it is yet. i assume it's going to be a pillow of some sort -- by process of elimination, i assume that.
it's shorter and wider than i expected (working with scraps and entirely mindless of gauge) and all i wanted to do was get to this stopping point before putting it aside for a few months, so here we are.
see the square dancers tripping the light fantastic. let's pretend they are john doe and exene cervenka!
the chart for the dancers came from this vintage pattern sent by a pal. pretty cool. the charts for the flames -- i don't even remember where i got them. flames are getting so ubiquitous-counterculture, like the "keep on truckin'" guy or a smiley face. but i liked the idea of having them here. this whole piece was worked in three panels, and all the black backgrounds are scraps, so they vary in weight and texture and tone. when the three panels were sewn up, not only do the black backgrounds not "match", but the look reminded me of that cheesy eighties rock-video effect where the screen was always divided like a triptych and the two side panels were always images of flames.
who's complaining?
in a way, i'm happy with it so far. but in another, more accurate way, i have no idea where the hell to go next with it. i hope that, whatever i figure out, my DEVIL BEADS can be a part of it (whoot!)...
... but i don't think my JESUS BEADS (whoot!) fit the whole theme nearly as well. but i expect you all covet them, in your shrivelled little souls.