Month 3. WOW! I am actually keeping up. Three months of creating a new whole cloth quilt from scratch. One blank piece of paper (I do have grid lines on it), a pencil, big eraser, stacks of tracing paper and a desire to create.
I recently visited the Jeffery Hull Gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon. As we looked at all his wonderful paintings Tim ask how many paintings he produced each year. The answer was: 50. Here I am trying to do just one each month in this specific genre. I am producing quilting, so to speak, because I work on many quilts made by my clients each month but I am thinking Jeffery Hull has the right idea. The more we produce, good bad or ugly, the more we learn and grow. And yes, I did purchase a small print titled Red Wing and Cattails. The song of the Red Wing Blackbird is pure music.
Here is the full on view of Whole Cloth Design #3. Remember these pieces are small, finishing at 18.5”.
The next two detail shots show the center and the corners. The swirly back fill quilting is one of my favorites but I will never repeat it at this scale. I feel I cannot let the stitching flow when I cram it into such a small space. It is highly effective but needs a bit of space around it. Actually, at the scale of these pieces a nice tight stipple/meander works the best!
In all reality, I am not so jazzed about this one. The stitching is fine, the design is lacking. I do like the smaller arches on the edge with the “mostly” straight lines. Such a great way to anchor the edges. The center feather design has potential but the rest of it…..that is why we are engaged in this monthly study.
Back to quilting now!!!
Just beautiful, jean! I think the design is amazingly detailed for such a small piece! Hey, Jeri and Laurie will be here the end of July. It would be wonderful to take a trek down to see you and your mom. And wouldn’t it be a kick if your sisters could be here, too, and we could have a little reunion? Dad would no doubt come, too…
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Thank you, Chris. I am emailing you about get together. A must do!
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