Textile work -- Class with Nancy Crow part 2

This was my workspace.

A large table with the sewing machine at one end facing the work wall. 

and a long cutting board.

 We made a sketch in black&white and once we had an arrangement we liked we were to sew the sketch into a surface cloth.

 

I experimented and then settled down to serious piecing. It was really difficult!!

I abstracted the image above, with new rules about adding gray to the mix & "going big",   as Nancy required. Two stages of my progression...

 

Then into color with new rules. I opted to dispense with many of the horizontal lines & focus on shapes. There were a couple of new "rules" Nancy set. We were to play out the image in two ways.

Off I go. It feels like a plunge!

Inwardly I am resisting going so big.

I start to think about the colors I will use for the large shapes & the lines.

The black shapes give me a "pattern" for cutting the colors.

Now starts the piecing!! I know the curves will really complicate my piecing. 

Two stages again. We were encouraged to do a lot of documenting so we wouldn't loose good ideas.

The sewing job is really hard here, but I have learned a lot about working this way with this process. I am constantly having to evaluate & maybe revise my color choices. This is as far as I got before I rolled it all up with the batting to continue working in Vancouver where I left off. I have plans for revisions. It'll be a long process to complete it.

I am just amazed at my dreams in the 5 following nights. ALL about this work!! And several nights after that as well. It's as thought I my subconscious were on a new groove entirely. Last night my dream was about two very sophisticated outfits for me with smashing colors in greys, blacks & reds, & another in white, black & turquoise.

That's it for now.