Pearls and Lace Thursday #116 Fabric and Lace Collage: "God Brought Us Together"

Here is my first attempt at making a Fabric and Lace Collage.

I've named it "God Brought Us Together"

I have been pinning, searching, drooling, and fantasizing over some gorgeous pictures of projects others have created and have finally tried my own.

The pictures are of my Birthmother on the left, and myself on the right.  I chose pictures that show each of us around 18 years old.  For those of you who read My Adoption Story (you can find it here), you will know that God allowed me to find my Birthmother when I was 30.  We immediately clicked.

As we got to know each other better, we found that we had MANY similarities in our likes and dislikes, in our crafting, and in our thoughts and emotions.

I included what I call a 'Memory Chatelaine' hanging on the right side of the collage to represent some of our favorite crafts...needlework!  The threads were hers, and the key was mine.  The key represents the unlocking of the door to knowing her.

We were both born in January, so the garnet buttons at the top are perfect embellishments.

I used many different types of laces and trims, some of them are my very favorites.

Many of them were simply tacked on by a few threads, and others sewn with machine, but none were glued.

Isn't she beautiful?

With my love of laces I wanted to create something that would last, and yet NOT destroy any pieces of lace that I used.

 I spent HOURS trying this piece of lace, that piece of lace, and have finally put together a piece that I am proud of. No laces were harmed or destroyed in the making of this collage! Some pieces I used whole, as is, so that the integrity of the piece would be intact.

It took me forever to figure out how to put a piece of muslin through my printer, and since it's NOT an inkjet, NO moisture should get near it!  I will have to figure out another type of printing!

I thought my mother's picture was beautiful and have been wanting to create something beautiful to showcase it and our story.  I think she would have loved it.

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Blessings,

Doni

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