Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Texture reveal



I had no plan for this quilt only the looming deadline to get it done. I started by pulling fabrics and finally found this golden yellow piece that had rust and olive lines that reminded me of distant trees. I also found some crinkled organza, a brown and black large onion print, a blue gray with random thin black lines and green silk roving.

I put the design together in a couple of hours and quilted it the next day. I usually don't like works that I 'throw' together but for some reason I do like this. I started by pinning the background to my design wall. I folded the blue gray and brown onion print in half and cut the bushes and trees so each would have a mirror image.

I put some tan organza behind the trees to try to get a feeling of fog or mist and put the crinkled organza on top of the reflected trees to get a feeling of water. Lastly I scrunched up the green roving to look like shrubs ove the trees and stitched black tulle over it to hold it in place.

See the other 'texture' pieces by clicking on the 'Fiberactions' button on the right.

3 comments:

Vicki Miller said...

This is absolutely gorgeous, Judy. I have been experimenting with similar texturing, but on a picture of the seashore.
http://victoriaedm1.blogspot.com/2011/06/taking-design-process-back-to-front.html

MulticoloredPieces said...

Thanks for explaining your process--it gives food for thought. The results are very effective, quite lovely.
best, nadia

Unknown said...

This is amazing, especially that it only took a couple days! Just beautiful.