Fiber Arts by Judi Wellnitz

A wedding procession?????

I took this photo to talk about making the illusion of a hat and it struck me that it looks like some strange wedding procession. I have to admit I do have weddings on the mind - Jeanna got married last weekend, this weekend I had my other daughter's bridal shower, and her wedding will take place in about 3 weeks. I'm actually surprised I haven't made a bride yet! But anyhow - this shows the hat once it has been immersed in fabric stiffy and it is drying. By covering the head with plastic you can mold and pin the fabric in place, creating the illusion of a hat. When dry you just add flowers, feathers, and so on and so forth. Maybe I should make her a little bouquet to hold, hmmm.

This next photo shows what else I did this weekend. We put up nearly 40 cans of wild Copper River red salmon. Each can holds about 1.4 lbs. So that's a lotsa salmon! Gotta love the artistic filters that come with Photoshop Elements. Plain old cans are so boring to look at!

Posted by judi at July 29, 2007 6:46 PM

Comments

You made me giggle. Love the brides terry dress...be careful you may start a new trend...oh like the hat too. Is there a Cannery some where near you...or do you do that canning at home?

Posted by: Auntie Linda at July 29, 2007 8:21 PM

This is becoming the summer of weddings for you, isn't it? You are going to be exhausted when the last wedding is over.
Love the photo of the wedding procession-LOL! You are a hoot.

Posted by: Linda Fleming at July 29, 2007 8:44 PM

Lovely to see all the beauties in procession. How colourful they look

Posted by: shashi at July 30, 2007 2:30 AM

I love the picture of the dolls Judi! Too Funny! Looks like they are commenting on her lovely new hat!

What a job the canning must have been! Nice stash of Salmon!

Posted by: nita at July 30, 2007 3:03 AM

I can see why you would have weddings on your mind! I would be a basket case by now! But the dolls are cute, even the "wedding gown" and I love the hat. That's quite a batch of canned salmon. The cans look big!

Posted by: maryO at July 30, 2007 6:20 AM

Okay, so you knew SOME smarty pants would HAVE to say it. In the draped towel with the plastic head covering, your doll is NOT going to a wedding - but to a wedding SHOWER. Bwahahahahaha ... ooops. I'm outta here!

(Love the tute on using plastic to form the faux hat! Thanks, Jude!)

Posted by: Kai at July 30, 2007 7:38 AM

Darn it -- Kai stole my joke, LOL! There just *something* about a bad pun... All that salmon makes me hungry for seafood too. What a lot of work that must have been!

JudA

Posted by: JudiA at July 30, 2007 9:46 AM

Ok, guess you gotta make a white one then......I am doing the witch thing currently. actually just putting of doing something constructive like baking.

Posted by: Sandra Walker at July 30, 2007 10:39 AM

I love your stuff. Congratulations on 40 cans of salmon! www.niebruggestudio.com/blog/

Posted by: Gail at July 30, 2007 1:12 PM

You're right! It does look like a procession - I was just at a wedding yesterday, too. Love the idea of covering the head with plastic and molding the hat right on the head -- it will always fit that way.

Posted by: Tammy at July 30, 2007 4:53 PM

Art Dolls

A wedding procession?????