Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Update part one - quilts
Okay, I know, it has been a loooong time since I last posted. I have done a little bit of art since then. I just haven't done a lot and I haven't kept up on the blog. I don't think anyone reads this anyway, but I am posting this for my own sake.
First of all, I did some art in the form of quilting. I had started this quilt awhile back (a long while back, actually) and decided to finish it and give it as a gift to someone who has a southwest style in their home.
Once I made that one, I decided I wanted to do a little experimenting. I had taken an online class for making photo quilts. I decided to try a small one using a photo of a sunset from a previous trip to Oregon. I drew up a design, and put together this quilt:
It didn't quite turn out as I had hoped, but it was for practice anyway, and it inspired me to try the next project. I had to look at a few photographs and had to sketch up a design based on a few different photos. You make a simple cartoonish sketch that divides the parts based on color and shape according to how you want the quilt to look. This is the sketch:
Then, I picked fabrics and put it together to make this (this is the final product hung in the room of the person I gave it too:
Here is another up close-ish photo:
It was a fun challenge. There are many more quilt projects I want to do - I just have to make the time to do them. I have 3-4 that are ready and waiting for me to start, keep working on, or just finish the rest of the way.
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I really love the tree quilt. It's even cooler that you designed it yourself!
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