Icon

To me Icon is a religious symbol, so I wanted to do a cross. It's foiled and then edged with a metallic braid. The quilting is done with a copper metallic thread. It's 17" square.

Heirloom

This is what I think of when I hear Heirloom: Crazy Quilt, old laces, and Mother of Pearl buttons.  The Piece is 14" square. The fabrics are an assortment of fibers with the only qualification being that they were gray or black.

Geometric

It was my turn to pick the word, so it is Geometric. Then life interfered, and I couldn't remember all the designs that were in my head, so I came up with a new one.

It is 12" by 12" and worked on wool. The stitching is done in perle cotton and embroidery floss using stem stitch and chain stitch. 

Natural

The word this time is Natural which to me always means something that is growing. The flower is dimensional petals in a suede. The center is a button. The background is a cotton sunprint. The binding is a stripe I found in my stash with a metallic gold through it.

Illuminate

As soon as I read the word, I knew I wanted to use foil. The button in the center is antique. The background is hand painted-I don't remember what I used-the problem with using stuff in the stash. The gold thread is couched down by machine.

Element

I just couldn't resist making this into a science statement. These remind me of the elements that make up our universe.

Each is shisha with stitching and beading. The details will be on my blog tomorrow. http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com

Magical

Magical is beading; magical is fibers. I go to a magical place when I work with them. The background is wool roving. The design is in Ultrasuede hand stitched in place using glass beads. The piece is 8 inches square.  Geometric designs have been used in all of history for magic.

Here is  a detail.