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"Winds of change"
This quilt is based on an About.com seasonal pattern from several years ago, and is approximately 38" square. I used the quilt as an opportunity to practice and learn needleturn applique. I struggled with the final quilting and only recently finished the hand quilting. I added a few beads to emphasize the wind.
I donated this quilt to a raffle for my OUUC's annual auction.
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"Storm at Sea, Tides Out"
The storm at sea is one of my favorite traditional quilt patterns.
I ‘accidentally’ created the purple lightening pattern when I was experimenting with painting fabric, it seemed perfect to combine with the sea side fabric I had recently dyed/painted with coffee grounds. (The coffee grounds projects are a result of a QuiltArt challenge – Grounds for Change, I have made several pieces where the coffee represents sand or ‘ground’ and blue acrylic paint mixed with textile medium is added for the water effect.)
I had the traditional storm at sea pattern jump in and I created it with fused fabric that I had hand painted in various shades of blue. The solid border fabrics are the only non-original fabrics!
It is layered with a high loft batting, it was an experiment as I have been using only a low loft (1/4 inch) cotton batting for some time and had found this left over high loft and wondered what effect it would have. The results are a lot of movement and shadowing making the image more realistic!
Rather than a traditional binding I have edged the piece with a variegated yarn in shades of purple, accenting the ‘storm’, combined with the nautical trim in the border creates a unique overall presentation!
This piece is one in a series of 4 ‘storm at sea’ pieces. The other 3 are waiting my return for surface design and embellishment. There is no telling when they will push themselves to the front of the line in my studio, as I have other projects swarming ahead at the moment!
22 X 22 inches, original hand dyed/painted fabrics, commercial cottons for the borders, raw edge applique, machine quilted, hand embellished with various sea side items, I hand knotted the little glass float tangled in the seaweed!
This quilt is equipped with a traditional 4 inch double hanging sleeve.
Inspiration for this piece came from the EtsyFast Team (Fiber Art Street Team) April Challenge - Storms, though I wasn't able to complete it by the end of the month! The muse is still enjoying the journey! As I said above there are 3 others that will now swirl around in search of design elements, hopefully one or more will show up some day.
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Forget Me Not
Donated to Procession of the Species, the batik was created in the Procession Art studio.
