Cherry Blossom Tapestry for UCLA Commons Window
I found this swaying cherry blossom tree in a Tim Walker book totally inspiring and wanted to recreate it for the UCLA Commons window. I knew it was going to take a lot of stamping so I took a cherry blossom stamp that I already had and stamped on a linoleum stamp then carved around the flowers to make a great big swath of cherry blossoms. I took a large piece of cotton muslin and dip dyed the bottom 1/3 into a warm salty bath of Rit dye Denim Blue. I hung it to dry outside on a line. After it dried, I appliqued the tree using three different bark-y colored fabrics cut into flame shapes. As usual- Wonder-under was my friend, ironed to the back of the fabrics, they stuck really well to the muslin. Next came the fun stamp-a-thon. I loosely mixed three different colors of Folk Art paint - Pure Orange, Metallic Rose, and Metallic Peach Pure. I hand-sewed a swing to the tapestry too to convey a camp-y feel. It's pretty rad here on my picnic table, migh...