Mandala CCXXXIII

 

(Above:  Mandala CCXXIV. Custom framed:  11 1/4" x 11 1/4".  Found objects hand-stitched to a scrap of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A red faucet wheel handle; miniature clothespins; decorative toy scissors; Earth Day buttons; laminated Tampa Nugget cigar bands; hexagonal cut game pieces; lime green figures on horseback; assorted buttons and beads.  Click on image to enlarge.)

Last week I asked Steve to cut me a floater frame with precise outer dimensions: 12" x 12".  This was for my SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) annual fundraising auction donation. (Click here for that blog post.) He found a short stick of moulding that he said "might work". It was going to "be close". We had no more of this particular moulding.  So, Steve tried to cut it to the required size.  The last piece, however, was three-quarters of an inch too small.  I told him to simply cut another moulding to the needed 12" x 12" size but to trim the three sides of this moulding to the length of the leg that was "too short".  So, I ended up with this frame:  11 1/4" x 11 1/4".  I designed the two pieces at roughly the same time.  Like the donation, it was a challenge to work this small but also fun to stitch!