My starting point were white linen and white batting - and my embellisher. Next came white cotton jersey, a crinkly quality. And a light blue very thin curtain fabric made from polyester. The cotton was felted on the piece; the blue polyester was put on the back and felted through. Then I painted the bottom part with a light green acrylic. I added quilting to give an idea of hills in the foreground. The last step by machine were the rays of light, done with a metallic thread and straight stitching.
For a bit more interest, I glued the white flowers on. I'm sorry about the not-so-good-picture, but I had to hurry ;-)) a thunderstorm was coming up!
I did smile when I saw your quilt--because it was the flip side of the coin from mine and because I was expecting lots and lots of strong color and here was a complete surprise. I like your little experiment with its hints of color, strong rays of light, and texture of many kinds.
ReplyDeleteThanks Madalene! I just got curious whether I could do a quilt with only very light colours and still like it. Hope I'll be able to take a better picture eventually ... we are still having lots of rain, and this quilt needs daylight for a true color picture ;-))
ReplyDeleteFrauke,I love the way you explored contrast with such a limited value range! The touches of paint and the stitching add wonderful elements.
ReplyDeleteThank you Deborah! to me, that limited value range was a challenge - but I like the result (and I'm glad my embellisher got some work to do !!)
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm on vacation and looking out at the rain........wonderful ethereal quality. I've never worked in such LIGHT colors either.....a real challenge and nicely done.........it has a real "feel" to it......
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