It's been over a month since I've posted. I don't know where the time goes. How can it be the last week go August?
I finished July, staying with my red, white and blue theme.
I am behind on August where I am doing only flowers. Pinterest has been a huge source of inspiration. There are a lot of narrow vertical blocks, and I am finding plenty to choose from
Each year my fiber group, FiberWorks, puts on a show at the library. The theme this year was Inspired by an Artist. I chose Picasso and his blue period.
I printed several of his blue period paintings onto fabric. Since they were small, I could do them myself and did not have to rely on Spoonflower, a company that will print your photos on any size fabric. My piece measures 25 x 18 and is mounted on a black 30 x 30 canvas, as are all the pieces in the show.
When I dye fabric I often do a six way gradation. I had a whole set of this blue and some curvy pieced strips that I had never used. I thought the colors were a perfect match for Picasso's blues. As I often do, I added narrow strips of bright orange to give it a little zip.
I quilted each little piece onto one layer of batting with no backing. Then they were pieced into the whole quilt. I had to do a little extra quilting on the pictures so that they would not sag.
I took some creative license and embellished the figures with curls or flowers or wallpaper. They still all look very sad.
I've titled my piece Moody Blues. We hang the show next week at the Cyrus Booth Library in Newtown, CT, where it will hang for two months.
I am linking up with Off the Wall Friday. Go see what others creative folks are up to.
