Over the Winter break, I finally got around to sewing a quilt with fabric and a panel I had bought during the summer.
The fabric is based upon Gustav Klimt's friezes and paintings, the panel was inspired by Klimt's work and was of a cat. I did what's called a "quilter's stew" where you just make blocks and assemble them in groups which I did, around the panel; which was off center in the finished piece. I call what I did as a "casserole" to keep the alliteration going for the title which is Klimt Kat Kasserole. Then with the extra fabric I was going to piece together the backing. Well, there was sooo much fabric (because what quilter does not buy more than they need) I ended up with another quilt top. Then I used large amounts of yardage for the backings of both.
Recently, I used lot's of the scraps for 2 different class projects. For Studio 2 we had to do an Nature Intervention which is unexpected art out in the wild. I used the strips cut from the back of the quilts, after the quilting was done, to wrap and drape on the tree. I used the cut points from the blocks with triangles, at the base of the tree as if they had fallen out of the tree. I call it "Rare Fabric Moss (versus Spanish Moss)"
For Core 2 we had to do a color mood piece - using any medium use color to invoke a mood. I glued lots of the scraps, yes there was more, as a collage and placed some long strip on top, so they stuck out and above the glued down fabric. The mood is "Playful Chaos"
The fabric is based upon Gustav Klimt's friezes and paintings, the panel was inspired by Klimt's work and was of a cat. I did what's called a "quilter's stew" where you just make blocks and assemble them in groups which I did, around the panel; which was off center in the finished piece. I call what I did as a "casserole" to keep the alliteration going for the title which is Klimt Kat Kasserole. Then with the extra fabric I was going to piece together the backing. Well, there was sooo much fabric (because what quilter does not buy more than they need) I ended up with another quilt top. Then I used large amounts of yardage for the backings of both.
Recently, I used lot's of the scraps for 2 different class projects. For Studio 2 we had to do an Nature Intervention which is unexpected art out in the wild. I used the strips cut from the back of the quilts, after the quilting was done, to wrap and drape on the tree. I used the cut points from the blocks with triangles, at the base of the tree as if they had fallen out of the tree. I call it "Rare Fabric Moss (versus Spanish Moss)"
For Core 2 we had to do a color mood piece - using any medium use color to invoke a mood. I glued lots of the scraps, yes there was more, as a collage and placed some long strip on top, so they stuck out and above the glued down fabric. The mood is "Playful Chaos"
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