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Saturday
20Jun2009

Blue with Circles Completed

DateSaturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:08AM

Blue with Circles

14" x 38" (approximate)

Cotton fabric, cotton batting, acrylic paint, machine quilted

$200






Detail of Blue with Circles. There are lots of subtle details in this quilt (quilting, stamping, silkcreen, kalideoscopic circles). It does not scream, but talks softly.



Here is the subject of my next quilt:



It is a photo of my grandparents and aunt. I'm doing a tribute quilt as a gift for my aunt.


My grandmother always had such great style no matter what the situation. Look at her spotless shoes. She wore a size 7 and had the best shoes. I was in 7th grade when I started borrowing her shoes.

AuthorSuzan Engler | Comment1 Comment |
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Sunday
14Jun2009

The back of the quilt looks better than the front?

DateSunday, June 14, 2009 at 9:55AM


As I put the finishing touches on the blue circles quilt it struck me that I liked the back of the quilt just as much as I liked the front! This is my first experience with that. The front is supposed to the focal point and the back, is just that, it's the back.

But the quiting on this quilt really shows up on the back. It is simple, clean and graphic. The squiggled circles are perfect in their imperfection. They are doodles, a stream of consciousness, evidence of the human hand.
I like them so much that the next quilt in my circle exploration series will be a whole cloth quilt with this type of doodle quilting! My experience with whole cloth quilts has only been with white on white. I think the contrast between the blue thread on muslin is what attracts me with this one.
Next weekend I'll post the finished blue circles quilt.
Have a creative week!
Suzan


AuthorSuzan Engler | Comment3 Comments |
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Friday
05Jun2009

Alien Footprints

DateFriday, June 5, 2009 at 9:33AM


I have silkscreened and stamped images onto the indigo blue cloth. The wooden block is from Rayela, the silk screen is from Ginney Eckley and the white stamp I carved from an art eraser.


Don't exactly know why, but the little stamped images look like little footprints to me; alien footprints. I was going for subtle, ghostly images that would not detract from the circular focal points. Ghostly, alien, either way I like them.
Next step; quilting and binding.

AuthorSuzan Engler | Comment1 Comment |
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