A Different Kind of Challenge -Palchemy

I mentioned yesterday that I was going to get my Palchemy project finished. My partner sent me a big pile of junk and the challenge was to make something with it and list it in my etsy "art shop" for sale. Well here it is. I couldn't think of any other ways of putting the junk to use other than making an art doll out of it. This is something completely out of my comfort zone and was a real challenge working with supplies that really made no sense. There is still a lot of junk left over but the goal was to use some of the junk, not all of it and you could mix it with your own materials. I used some yellow microfiber and painted it with fabric paints and a brayer. Then stitched it together and stuffed it with soft filler and some plastic beans in the bottom to keep it sitting without falling over. I used the ties and braided them and attached to head. The lace and ribbon was used for arms and added tassels for hands. The legs are braided with scrap leather, fabrics and ribbon. The face is a patch of leather hand painted and beads and other misc items were hand sewn to the front of the body.

Goals for tomorrow

Still making progress. I would like to have this bag ready tomorrow sometime. Right now I am sewing around each circle one at a time and fraying the edges a little. This process takes a long time but is necessary to keep the fabric from unraveling too much. This is the first piece that I have done using the microfiber fabric and raw edges. This is the softest fabric ever!! and washable! You can see the texture in the photo. I am going to work on a couple more ATCs tonight . I joined an ATC swap today and need to complete 2 ink and watercolor style of the subject of my choice. I am not sure about swapbot? Does anyone else use that site and how do you like it?

Something I was reminded of today is that I need to get started on my palchemy challenge. It is due by the 31st and I have been putting it off. I have an idea of what I am going to make so that will help. Here is a photo of the big pile of junk that I am going to make something beautiful from. This is for my Palchemy Challenge. The rule is to make something with a bunch of junk that your partner sends you. I was paired up with elenamary.etsy.com who is a very creative artist.

Here are a few photos of the junk I sent to her and the awesome art she created with them. My favorite is the way she made the flowers!! Beautiful work. So now the challenge begins for me!