"Colours of the Indus"
Creative Quilting techniques used: fabric painting (p. 145); beading (p. 218); hand dye (p.237)
The source for this quilt was the Colours of the Indus exhibition I visited a few years ago. I loved the pink and blue colours of the textiles from that area and the lovely teardrop or Paisley designs also from the area.
I hand dyed the background fabric, masked the geometric and teardrop design with freezer paper and masking tape and free motion quilted the non masked areas. I then over painted the quilted area with blue acrylic paint using a roller. I hand beaded the piece.
Taking part in the Journal Quilt project over the past 4 years has helped me grow as an artist. Had I not participated in the project I would never have had the courage to enter my first Judged/Juried competition this year.
17 comments:
Nice and in purple-one of my favorite colors. Sandy
nice-nice-nice Carol !!! love the color !!!
and I also want to thank you for the wonderful & very useful tutorials you have posted...you make computer-ing a bit easier for us non-techies !!! vbg...thanks for sharing your knowledge so generously...
And very nice it is too. Well done that woman
All three journals are wonderful in the photographs on your website. I can hardly imagine how thrilling it would be to see them "for real".
I will touch it!!!But its not possible:(( Love the colours!
I saw your quilt today - it's beautiful! The photo doesn't do it justice.
It's beautiful - I'm partial to purple!
Oh its lovely ~ Jx
Lovely design - and that purple is purpleiscious!!
I love the purple! I also enjoy overpainting after quilting -- it gives such a nice texture.
That is a very beautiful quilt. I will go and have a look at the rest shortly.
Oh, it is lovely to feel like going to my favaourite blogs once more. I have a lot of catching up to do.
Well done, Carol.
I like the idea of over painting after you have done some work on it. I wouldn't have thought of that. I sometimes do that with my quilting... I have shisha mirrors and haven't been sure what to do with them. Lovely......
Carole
It's just wonderful Carol - and many congratulations! Val
It's beautiful Carol.
Lovely colours, Carol. Well done.
This is my second comment here Carol. Did I miss the second part of your post which mentions Colours of the Indus or is it extra? I saw that fantastic exhibition too and have the book. I must go and look at it again.
Only thing we can say Carol is, always a non stop creative mind, I too like the purple.
Suzanne
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