After organizing my fabric stash , I was surprised to see how many variations of colour that I posessed; prior to organizing by colour, I organized by style (kids, batiks, asian, etc.) - organizing by colour, though, I have found other combinations that will work quite well together, but I have to save those ideas for another day, since I am still working on my commissioned quilt, and am nearing the deadline for my Geisha quilt to be done as well.
However, sometimes you just can't stop creativity, and in this case it managed to fit into the class that I am taking as well (The Artist's toolbox, hosted by Lyric Kinard) . So, last night I took out my newly organized fabric stash, and came up with this:
It is very difficult to see the purple thread that I used; I think I'll take another photo or two and post it later. For now, it remains unquilted, but I have decided that I will use yellow thread once I figure out how I want to go about it. I love the colours, and the movement in this quilt; I did have trouble deciding how I want to hang it, because it works no matter what angle it's at. Hmmm, maybe I will add more than one sleeve to the back, so that I can change it at my whim!!
It's later, and I have taken a picture of some detail:
My quilting lines are a bit uneven; I am just starting out with free motion shapes, and I had some trouble with this. I was stitching over tear away stabilizer, and it seemed to "catch" from time to time, though I am not sure exactly where or how. As I was working on this piece, I decided to add a teflon Goddess sheet to my Christmas wish list...
And, since this post is on "playing with colour," I thought I might share what I did in my sketchbook the other day:
I am by no means an "artist" in the traditional sense, but I do love art, and I do love colour. And, I thought that it was time to get over my fears, and get sketching!! Now, I guess it's time to see what I can do with the waiting Geisha....
However, sometimes you just can't stop creativity, and in this case it managed to fit into the class that I am taking as well (The Artist's toolbox, hosted by Lyric Kinard) . So, last night I took out my newly organized fabric stash, and came up with this:
It is very difficult to see the purple thread that I used; I think I'll take another photo or two and post it later. For now, it remains unquilted, but I have decided that I will use yellow thread once I figure out how I want to go about it. I love the colours, and the movement in this quilt; I did have trouble deciding how I want to hang it, because it works no matter what angle it's at. Hmmm, maybe I will add more than one sleeve to the back, so that I can change it at my whim!!
It's later, and I have taken a picture of some detail:
My quilting lines are a bit uneven; I am just starting out with free motion shapes, and I had some trouble with this. I was stitching over tear away stabilizer, and it seemed to "catch" from time to time, though I am not sure exactly where or how. As I was working on this piece, I decided to add a teflon Goddess sheet to my Christmas wish list...
And, since this post is on "playing with colour," I thought I might share what I did in my sketchbook the other day:
I am by no means an "artist" in the traditional sense, but I do love art, and I do love colour. And, I thought that it was time to get over my fears, and get sketching!! Now, I guess it's time to see what I can do with the waiting Geisha....
2 comments:
Rearranging fabric collections always results in some surprising discoveries, in my experience :-)
It sure does - now my mind is overflowing with things that I can do!!
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