The shape of wings to come...they're done!

A few weeks ago I finished the wings just in time to send them off to be worn, to what I am sure was a fabulous Halloween party. They turned out exactly as I hoped they would, full of iridescent shimmery-ness. I took lots of pictures with my phone during the whole process in order to show it here and also be able to remember for myself how I made them. So where did I leave off......well I had modge podged some fabric, cut it out into a wing shape, and sewed on some wire.

From that point I cut out two more little shapes in the modge podged thin canvas and added more wire for reinforcement. After everything was good and glued down with modge podge I drew up some shapes to cut out of the wings. I drew on tracing paper (my favorite) and transferred the image to the wings by going over it with a pencil. Then I tried to cut the shapes out with a scissor, which didn't work, but luckily an xacto knife worked very well. After it was cut I got to paint!yay! I chose yellow with a mix of iridescent paint for the back and pink and yellow for the front of the wings. After they were dry I glued shimmery see threw fabric to the back so that it showed threw all of the shapes I had cut out. I made sure to top everything off with plenty more iridescent paint and gloss varnish medium as a final protective coat. I was so pleased with the end result and I know my sister felt so special wearing them. She fit rite in with the rest of the fairies!

This is a small bit of thin canvas I sewed a piece of bent wire to. I adds more stability and helps them bend at the right place.

Here is the above piece as it is glued to the wing.

Both supports are glued on with modge podge and I'm ready to draw some designs to be cut out.

I sketched some designs on tracing paper and then flipped the paper over and traced so that the graphite would transfer onto the canvas. You can see the way it transferred on the right.

Here is where I started to cut out some shapes.

One whole side of the wing is cut out.

Getting ready to paint the front of the wings. I tried out my colors on a scrap of canvas to see how my blending would go.

One side of the wing painted, although I did go in again to add some more highlights.

The back of the wings got painted yellow and sheer iridescent fabric was glued on.

The front of the wings as they are finished, with a coat if iridescent paint and gloss varnish medium. The sheer fabric glued on the back is yet to be cut.

And finally they are done and in place. Very pretty!

The wings get their close up!

You can notice the holes that I made for decoration are actually very functional if you want to hang up the wings or tie them on instead.

Close up of the back of the wings were they bend.

I just had to try the on myself. Lovely.