Musings of a dyer and fiber artist from Lord of the Rings and Narnia country, the South Island of New Zealand.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Completely black and white
This week, I'm concentrating on getting as much work as I can done in my day job - the one that pays a lot of the bills - prior to taking a month or 2 off to concentrate on my business and the creative part of my life. That's the point of making a major lifestyle change, isn't it? Giving you the freedom to pursue what you want to do.
Consequently, there's nothing creative happening at present. So here's photos of the reversible quilt I made at the end of 2005 for Erlo, my daughter's boyfriend who has been part of our lives for quite a few years now. Erlo loves cows, so one side has appliqued cows (all drawn by me) on every 3rd block which are all slightly different - standing, running, jumping, with and without horns, you get the idea. The reverses side is what someone described as "rivers" - freehand cut wedges.
It's a very striking quilt, but boy! Was I sick of looking at black and white after making this.
Give me colour any day!
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7 comments:
Wow! This quilt is stunning!
I love black and white; but black is always hard on the eyes when working with it. Great quilt!
I love it! I've been collecting black and white for awhile but still don't have that much. Quilt stores aronud here don't seem to stock much of it. I can see that it might be a bit of a pain to work with after awhile.
love Love LOVE it!!!!! but then B&W and dots are 2 of my most favourite things!
Simply amazing.
ciao ciao
That is a VERY cool quilt!!!
I love it to. I am wanting to do another black & white quilt (I have one in progress but bought enough fabric to make several - as usual for me!) & was looking for some ideas. I wanted something with strong vertical lines to go as a wall-hanging above a black & white striped lady jewellery hanger (it's in the shape of a womans dress, so has some curves, but strong vertical lines). Yours has been the best I've seen.
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