Happily Ever After!

A successful conclusion! 

To those of you who have joined me recently - this saga began several months ago (posts are here, here, here, here, here, here  and here - I TOLD you it was a saga! *w*) and I simply had to make this piece if only to finally have closure.  lol



The piece is based on the very last "scene" from the Grimm fairy tale, "The Musicians of Bremen", a fairy tale I enjoyed very much as a child - likely for its themes of justice and redemption.  :)


The piece as a whole is 8 x 10 inches so each of these animals is wee - the Donkey being the biggest at a grandiose 1 inch tall.  Each individual piece of each animal is made of a piece of fused fabric...



As are their instruments, the stones in the path,



and the leaves on the trees.




I'm really pleased to have this done and some day I'm going to re-visit it - by illustrating the rest of the story!

But in the meantime, I've got other irons in the fire - stay tuned for the beginnings of new work on Monday.

Have a great weekend!
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Kit Lang

16 comments:

  1. I really like how this turned out! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Wow! What an incredible piece of work - especially on such a small scale. Looks fantastic!

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  3. I bet it feels good to have this done:)
    I don't know this story but now I feel I need to find out what it is all about.
    Lovely piece!

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  4. sheeesh, this is beautiful! I need to study up on your posts to figure out how you work, Kit. i'm attempting to make a landscape beach scene but don't know what the heck I'm doing! If I could only be a fly on the wall of your studio as you work and create...

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  5. Wonderful, Wonderful!!!

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  7. Looks like it's right from the pages of the story book. What imagination!!!!

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    1. Thanks so much, Carol - that was the idea! :)

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  8. WOW!!! This is beautiful. I can see this took some time!

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  9. I just love that little house........it may have taken you a while, but its smashing!

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  10. I am in awe of anyone who can make these kinds of art quilts, especially with such fine detail! It's beautiful :)

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  11. Oh my Kit. It is absolutely beautiful. You must be so proud. Thanks for linking up to TGIFF. :)

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  12. I am amzed at how much personality you got in that donkeys face. Each animal is so animated and so small. Did you ever think of working bigger? I also love this story and I think you did a fabulous job - really!

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  13. This is SUPER FANTASTIC!! What a fabulous mini art quilt to have. I'm impressed!

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  14. I love the series of story quilts you're doing now. I've always loved your larger works,, but I'm a real fan of story quilts.

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  15. This is just charming. There is something so compelling about a cottage in the woods... I loved all those fairy tales that had them.

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