I admit it. I'm a big fan of Pink Floyd. As well as loving their music, I think their song titles are great too. I've been thinking for a while about interpreting some of them as quilts.Here's my first one - Dark Side of the Moon.
These are just squares at this stage and yet to be sewn together. It will be 48" square without borders.
Most of the background fabric comes from one single piece of dyed fabric, as do most of the moons from another. These two pieces of fabric came out with such wonderful colours that I wanted to use them by themselves, though there are a few bits of other fabric in there to make up the numbers.
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12 comments:
I absolutely love this quilt. Is it pieced or fused or appliqued? The colors are fantastic together.
I am very impressed with the exact circles. I love the color palette. It is one of my favorite combinations.
I love Pink Floyd too! Great music - great quilt.
Great quilt Shirley. Roger Waters is coming to NZ. You going?
Perfect title for a very cool quilt. this one offers lots of quilting opportunities also.
Gorgeous quilt, clever title! Makes me itch to get back to quilting (sigh).
I too am a great Floyd fan and the colours and shapes of this quilt says it all. What a great excuse to pul in the CD. My other eternal fave is Tubular Bells Mmmmmmmm thinks cap on !
Great Pink Floyd's quilt!!
I love your work, so I added your blog in my blogroll, a large list of quilting and fiber art blogs.
Your quilt is great like Pink Floyd. It's fine music, colour, idea. ciao from Italy
absolutely Gorgeous quilt - the colors are fantastic
Sensational quilt/dyed fabrics. You got it just right, a perfect visual image of the feeling the words project. You have a very good and sensual connection with color. I have always loved pastels, yet I do not get the excitement there that your darks and brights produce. It may just be the presentation, but there is that WOW impact that is created with the juxtaposition of the deep, rich dark colors against the lights, especially in the symmetrical Bondage series, which produces a wonderful depth, at least in these pictures, that you can look into and see images forming.
I think your location sounds fabulous, and I am delighted to read that you have two standard poodles. Great breed; wonderful creatures; highly intelligent. Sad, the way they bred them down into shivering little bundles of nerves with runny eyes. I guess I am of your mom's era, because the Aurora series does kind of remind me of the T-shirts I used to wear; in fact, I still have a few. And Pink Floyd was one of my daughter's favorites. But I am delighted to add your lovely blog to my list to read regularly, and I will definitely link you if I ever do one of my own. Terry
Shirley, I really like this! The fabrics you dyed/chose for this are perfect together.
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