Something About Nothing

 The Printed Fabric Bee Queen for February was Lesley Riley.   Her theme was Mosaic. It was a challenging theme for everyone in the Bee it seems. I did NOT like my first attempts: First I stenciled  Color Magnet   through a stencil I created with my Silhouette and dyed the fabric. I thought I would stamp over this background with these simple foam stamps. . .  . . . but after one stamp. . .umm, absolutely NOT. Maybe a more transparent paint but. . .well I just wasn't feeling it. I started over with a piece of snow dyed fabric. . . . . .and painted squares through another stencil I made. . . . . .it was pretty but I didn't think it looked very mosaic-y. Not to mention that Mister didn't approve at all. He is very critical! I created a new stencil of a flower and tried again with the Jacquard textile paint. . .  . . . and I liked it!  Here is the full piece I completed. I cut off a 12" square for...

I've been playing and doodling. Some doodles I like more. . .  . . .than others. I've also been playing with coloring in doodles. I wanted this to look like it was melting into the blue. The Printed Fabric Bee  theme for February is Mosaics.  I've started to play with just a couple ideas in my sketchbook. I've been pinning like crazy on our Printed Fabric Bee Pinterest board as well. How would YOU create a Mosaic fabric using surface design methods?