I’m part of a team of fabric artists** who are creating banners to hang in our church for Easter.  I’m not going to say much more about the project because I don’t want to ruin the surprise/celebration effect when they’re hung up for the Easter season.

But…I just can’t help showing you the picture of the  rowhouse that I completed today.  I’ve never done any sewing that’s purely decorative and while I must confess I’ve been dreading and putting this off (perhaps due to a fear of failure, will I never learn?), now that I’ve begun, I’m having more fun!

So, I sewed a bunch of strips together – various shades of red and brown for bricks and tan for mortar, like so:

Then I chopped that piece up, added more mortar, sewed it all back together, added windows, etc, and voila!  A ROWHOUSE!!  AWESOME!!!

I have to make three more rowhouses, plus the rest of the scene, to end up with a 4′ by 5′ banner.  That’s going to keep me busy for most of March, I think!  My challenge to myself in this project is to create the entire scene using only solid fabric.  We’ll see how it goes!  I’ll show you the final project after the banners are hung in our church.

**I wasn’t sure what term I should use to describe “a person who sews” so I googled it and came across this discussion, which gave me the courage to describe myself as a fabric artist.  It feels a bit presumptuous to say that about myself but I guess I did just sew a row house, which is pretty cool!