Hello Summer!  Hello to wearing silly hats and enjoying Annie’s garden!

This quarter’s challenge is to capture the essence of summer in a textile representation.  Realistic or abstract, large or small, practical or not, it’s a free choice.

Summer is a time to sit and enjoy the view;

to feel the sand between your toes;

to walk in the shade of trees in full leaf;

to dine al fresco on a warm evening;

to eat home grown fruit

and to bring summer indoors with garden flowers picked in July.

This little summer study, in felt and machine stitching with a little bit of acrylic paint, was done by Annie back in 2016 and was inspired by the bees buzzing around the chive plants on her patio.

To recap – the challenge is to make a textile piece that says ‘Summer’.  Realistic or abstract, large or small, practical or not, it’s a free choice.

Please post your entries in the Studio Challenges section on the The Felting and Fiber Forum

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