The molas of the San Blas Cuna Indians of Panama are inspiring me to try some reverse applique.

My thought is to turn an old sweatshirt into a jacket. I love the complimentary combination of orange and blue, and have chosen an old orange turtleneck to line the blue sweatshirt.


This is a sample I did to try out the technique, and my choice of motif...not a traditional Mola pattern, but an image of a bird borrowed from a work by Escher. I thought Escher's work would be awesome rendered in reverse applique.




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