So now I really have to decide.... I have been toying with many ideas for about three weeks now. I don't know which to do. Since I am a quilter first, I had thought I would do a crazy quilt kind of thing, but then I felt that was too ordinary. Next I thought I would use some of my favorite fabrics and bead solidly on them, but that's not exactly my style either. Than I considered using my sunprints to bead around. Those would be unique, but LARGE if I used my current collection of prints. Now I am looking at using my photos of flowers printed onto fabric through my inkjet printer. I would bead them to enhance certain portions of the flower. Since the paper comes pre-stuck to paper, I could use it as is as my stabilizer. I'm thinking of using close-ups of my flowers.... this blurs them a bit, but as long as I define the lines with beads, it will be ok......
SO, my format size will need to be a little larger than most I've been hearing about in this project. I am thinking in the range of 6"x6" or even larger..... some of the photos are vertical, some horizontal.... that would be interesting to have a combination, but the same measurement! Once I commit, I think that I will enjoy the process. AND I can move on to other floral designs if I want to and not stick exclusively to my own photos, although I like that idea.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Working on Projects
In my first blog, I added two photos, but didn't fully describe them, so I am going to describe them in this blog. The first photo is a photo quilt of the bed and breakfast where we stayed in Scotland. The name of the B&B is Barrachandronan. It was a fabulous old farmhouse and dairy farm that had been converted to a Bed and Breakfast. There was a beautiful dry stone wall in front of the house where they had parked a white and turquoise fiberglass boat on a trailer. Thanks to the magic of digital photos, I was able to clone the stones and grass to remove it. I was also able to delete the electic lines that came across the whole scene. That allowed the photo to look at least a decade older than it is.
When I had printed the photo onto fabric, my quilting project began. I placed it onto my design wall, and began adding elements that extended the landscape into a larger picture. It was really fun and challenging to continue the driveway, the fence and the mountains. Finding just the right fabrics was a challenge, and when the RIGHT fabric wasn't available, I used something close and added elements using my colored pencils. After turning the edges and sewing down all the elements, I was able to begin the quilting and embroidery. It was an interesting process to quilt in a way that enhanced and even drew attention to itself. Usually the quilting is meant to just enhance but not draw attention to itself, but in this situation, I felt that sometimes it was appropriate to over-quilt in an embroidery-type way. I really enjoyed enhancing this piece.
When I had printed the photo onto fabric, my quilting project began. I placed it onto my design wall, and began adding elements that extended the landscape into a larger picture. It was really fun and challenging to continue the driveway, the fence and the mountains. Finding just the right fabrics was a challenge, and when the RIGHT fabric wasn't available, I used something close and added elements using my colored pencils. After turning the edges and sewing down all the elements, I was able to begin the quilting and embroidery. It was an interesting process to quilt in a way that enhanced and even drew attention to itself. Usually the quilting is meant to just enhance but not draw attention to itself, but in this situation, I felt that sometimes it was appropriate to over-quilt in an embroidery-type way. I really enjoyed enhancing this piece.
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