Less-delayed gratification

Fabric paint and freezer-paper stencil:



Yeah, I'm jumping around a lot. After unearthing so many forgotten treasures during my excavations over the holidays, I want to use them all...

Anyway, before it was a stencil, it was a felt applique:


I haven't fused it down to the painted batting/organza yet, because I haven't decided if hacked-out felt is the best option, and if so, how to stitch around/through it. I like the motif being raised above the surface.

It's slightly too big for a postcard (the stenciled bits could be postcards, I think), which leaves room for a scroll-y border. In six weeks or whenever I pick it back up.

Larger than life-sized work in progress

Stab-stitching lately, as a healthy alternative to stabbing people. In-progress? Or finished? Don't know.



I think adding beads to this guy will just make him look tacky.



Sequel to the penguins and might be improved with beads. Also should have made the square on the left a circle...



Epic fail! Found the heart appliqued on the background in a box and should have just left it there.


The cat is twisted into a dead-cockroach shape behind a pile of synthetic fabric remnants, which is apparently where he goes to shed when he's not shedding on the ironing board or the middle of my bed.

Penguins

I'm still stab-stitching for the sheer joy of stab-stitching.



The center fabric is some code I got randomly e-mailed to me by a colleague; inkjet printer and overpainted. There's a lot left, too... The other fabrics are from my stash. The finished piece is about 5" square.