Saturday 1 February 2014

A trip to the past

In more than one sense.
 At last my museum challenge is completed and only four months late!
I am catching up with the back log slowly and am pleased to show you, dear reader my latest effort. I really loved my two days out at the County Museum - the second visit because I was so impressed by the first one. I had not been to the museum for quite a while and was most impressed by the way items are displayed to their best advantage. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful facility in Cornwall.
 Okay. My challenge.
I wanted to show the diversity of the exhibits and also to make it personal to me. I started with a terracotta coloured muslin over some lightweight wadding background. Using the ink jet printer and my scanner I printed some pictures onto calico along with my membership card (yes, I joined), entrance ticket and bus ticket used on the day.
I attached these prints onto the muslin with Bondaweb and sewed them down with a buttonhole stitch. Over the top of everything I machined a Celtic cross. I think I am pleased with the result, I certainly enjoyed putting it together.
Thanks for looking
Margaret







 



 

1 comment:

  1. hello Margaret, I think this is a very successful piece and I like the way you have incorporated some many different elements! And I love the surfer dude with his board… see you soon, chris

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