Friday, 2 November 2007

Journal Quilt 2007


"Colours of the Indus"

Now that the Houston Quilt Festival has opened I am able to share my 2007 Journal Quilt with you. In the past we have made 9 quilts throughout the year. You can see all of my Journal Quilts here on my website. This year was a little different. We made one Journal Quilt equivalent in size to 4 journal quilts.

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:

  1. Sandy02 November, 2007 14:02

    Nice and in purple-one of my favorite colors. Sandy

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  2. bookwraps by suz.com02 November, 2007 14:09

    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...

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  3. artmixter02 November, 2007 16:29

    And very nice it is too. Well done that woman

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  4. Nellie's Needles02 November, 2007 19:06

    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".

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  5. Barbara02 November, 2007 19:42

    I will touch it!!!But its not possible:(( Love the colours!

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  6. Vicki W03 November, 2007 00:26

    I saw your quilt today - it's beautiful! The photo doesn't do it justice.

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  7. Ruth03 November, 2007 01:38

    It's beautiful - I'm partial to purple!

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  8. Judy Scott03 November, 2007 08:54

    Oh its lovely ~ Jx

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  9. Dianne03 November, 2007 09:47

    Lovely design - and that purple is purpleiscious!!

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  10. Nikki03 November, 2007 17:57

    I love the purple! I also enjoy overpainting after quilting -- it gives such a nice texture.

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  11. Digitalgran03 November, 2007 19:16

    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.

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  12. Carole03 November, 2007 21:50

    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

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  13. Val04 November, 2007 15:47

    It's just wonderful Carol - and many congratulations! Val

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  14. Tonniece05 November, 2007 16:39

    It's beautiful Carol.

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  15. Shirley Goodwin08 November, 2007 03:01

    Lovely colours, Carol. Well done.

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  16. Digitalgran09 November, 2007 14:05

    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.

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  17. Suzanne10 November, 2007 14:15

    Only thing we can say Carol is, always a non stop creative mind, I too like the purple.
    Suzanne

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