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Custom orders welcome! / Tkanina artystyczna szyta na miarę

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Yes, I do love custom orders. I take a lot of them and decided to put some light on this part of my artistic activity. As in the popular saying - my best teachers are my customers. First of all, custom order opens a canal of communication between me and the person who really likes my works, who "gets it". Being able to talk to someone like this is a heaven for me. And it doesn't matter if it is about the small, practical item or actual artwork for the wall. In both cases I know I met someone who understands my artistic language. The person who ordered the teapot coasters pictured above came back later with a real challenge - she wanted something for four different persons to commemorate a spiritual event they all took part in. The theme was "tree" (with many deep meanings) and the recipients of the gifts played different roles in this event. So I was asked to make one wall hanging, one rounded table topper and two mug rugs. Here is what I came up with: Tak

Autumn leaves / Jesienne liście

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So I've got this old quilt of mine depicting falling Autumn leaves hanging in my bedroom. Personally I love it. I've used many colorful scraps I had at the time to make a background for delicate grey autumn leaves. I wanted the leaves to be almost invisible and I succeeded - which isn't all that good considering the amount of work put into cutting and appliqueing them. Mam taką starszą pracę ze spadającymi jesiennymi liśćmi wiszącą w sypialni. Bardzo ją kocham. Wykorzystałam w niej  mnóstwo kolorowych skrawków ulubionych tkanin jako tło dla delikatnych szarych liści. Chciałam, żeby te liście były prawie niewidoczne i udało mi się - tyle, że to trochę bez sensu, biorąc pod uwagę ilość pracy włożoną w ich wycięcie i naszycie. I even decided to add a fine black contour line but as for now I did it just with one leaf in the lower right corner. Mundane task. The shape of leaves is a real challenge for my patience but I still find it beautiful because of their lacy factor.