For the past few weeks I've been working on a new confetti fiber art piece. I'm not sure why but I love pictures of doors and windows. I found a picture of a blue door with a tree in full bloom and I knew I wanted to recreate it in fabric. I find confetti fiber art much like impressionistic art. Instead of brushes you use little tiny bits of fabric that are adhered to a background. I'm still exploring different methods. I've used lite Steam-a-Seam2, misty fuse, fusible batting and glue. Still don't know which one I prefer. I suspect I will end up with a combination. In the pictures, you can see the progression of the piece. I started by placing fabric with similar shape and color as the picture on the background and then added the fabric "confetti" on top. Again, not sure I would do it again this way. Some people paint this background area and some just put in outlines. After all the "confetti" is placed, I laid brown tulle on top and then thread painted some details and also did random quilting over the larger areas to keep the confetti in place. It also adds more dimension to the piece. I put a black binding around the whole piece, stretched it over a canvas and mounted it in a floating frame. Enjoy!!
