I thought I’d share my process in the design & execution of a still life commission quilt I’m working on this week, day 1 here. (Updated deadline – THURSDAY at NOON) (Yikes). Yesterday was a wash – I spent the whole day at Disneyland, my older son’s jazz band was playing there, so I took my smaller son and we spent the entire day there. I still exhausted and its almost noon the next day! So, let me quickly show you what I did on Sunday:
http://www.candiedfabrics.com/2010/01/03/still-life-art-quilt-commission-the-beginning/
| Here’s the paper pattern printed up to full size (24″ x 32″) and taped together |  |
| I blocked in the major shapes with the colors selected yesterday, adding one really fantastic piece of fabric to tie the warm orange in with the cool greens and blues. |  |
| Here are the 5 major shapes roughly cut and placed in approximate position. |  |
| Here I’m figuring out what colors to use for the pieces where the overlaps occur: |  |
| Here’s the final arrangement, loosely fused to the background, and this is how far I got on Sunday |  |
I’ve got a lot of work to do today and tomorrow! So I’d best be about it!
My name is Candy Glendening...and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
My name is Candy Glendening,and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
Wow, that is so cool to see it step by step! Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, that’s fun to see it evolve.
this is super, candy! i love looking at art quilts – they are like paintings of fabric!
Very interesting! I’ve been thinking about doing some vases, I’ll put that on my list. Thanks for the inspiration!
It is coming along nicely. I really like the vases.
Very nice! I wish I had an eye for color, etc. I’m good at following directions, but that’s about the extent of it…….lol.
Linda