Star Trails Over Bolivia

Ok so I didn't even know where Bolivia was until I saw this show called "Art Wolfe: Travels to the Edge," on PBS.  It's my new favorite.  He is a photographer that travels the world taking these amazing pictures.  WHile in Bolivia he took a picture with a long exposure (8 hrs) of the stars crossing the sky while shining a flashlight on a cactus.  The stars left their "trails" through out the night and it was so inspiring.  So this is in honor of that show.

My wonderful husband gave me felting tools for Christmas. This was my first try at using them. The cactus is orange wool roving with yellow fuzzy yarn bits felted to cotton fabric. Then fused to the background.   You can't tell in the picture but the cactus is fuzzy and in Art's picture they looked that way.  The background is commercial batik with Ricky Tims "Razzle Dazzle" thread that I put in the bobbin. I 've had it for years and been too scared to put it in the bobbin. Well it worked great!  It was so much fun and really stands out in the quilt.  I also used Superior Threads gold holographic thread.  I didn't really finish the border to my liking yet.  I wish my star trails would have been more curved and I think it needs 2 more small cactus in the background but I ran out of time.