This first one is done, so it's officially off the design wall now. I used my hand dyed fabrics, some shibori (that I just loved making) and I finished sewing the binding on this week.
And this is a piece I'm nearly finished working on. Just have to hand sew the facing around it, hopefully this weekend. Both of these are pieces that I might enter in "Art Quilts Water"--the deadline for entries has been extended until November 1st, which gives me a little more time.
The blue and rust fabric is some that I rusted by wrapping around the burn barrel in my backyard a few weeks ago, then dyed it with a Mixing Blue MX dye.
It's pretty heavily quilted now, and I'm trying to decide if the orientation of the piece should be vertical or horizontal. I took a picture of the whole thing, but it turned out too dark, so I can't post it.
So, that's it for me this week. I know that Monday is Columbus Day, but here in the south, it's just a regular working day. And it's Thanksgiving in Canada, so Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians out there!
the shibori is really effective as water - what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI really love the blue and rust and Kit's right - the shibori works fabulous as a wter!
ReplyDeleteI love water quilts, and both of these are wonderful! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThe rust works so nicely with the blue and the shibori is great! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteBoth pieces are very nice. I like how you have used the shibori fabric as the water. The shadow effect makes the water more realistic. I really like the quilting you did in the "whiter" areas of the second piece (the circles). That is really a nice way to bring subtle color to that area.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThe shibori as water is fantastic. I don't know enough about shibori to know if these are happy accidents or do you have some control over the outcome?
ReplyDeleteI love the complementary colors of the sunset! Simple, clean and very nice to look at. The shibori colors are also wonderful! NIce work.
ReplyDeleteThey are both amazing! Love how the rust turned out!
ReplyDeleteBoth of them are lovely!
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