I was not happy with my piece I made for repetition. And I was not happy with the idea of creating a series of quilts that did not relate to each other. The first two pieces I made for the "Big and Small" challenge and for the "Black and White with a Touch of Color" both include cobblestone - one of them has an insect, the other has cog wheels on it. So I decided to create my own series of cobblestone, insects and cogwhees PLUS the theme I'm working on.
First was SCETCHES:
I like to scetch figures - which does not mean I am good at it. I need practice and I enjoy practicing.
The next one was REPETITION:
I learned that repetition is a challenge for me because I obviously can't remember my pattern. I messed up time and again, undid seams, redid them, noticed it was right the first time after all, opened seams, redid them...
The good news is, I like the final result...
Ok, next one up: LINES
Not sure, what was required and having a hard time sticking to rules to start with, I decided not to focus on quilting or sewing a line - instead I made dragon flies falling in line.
The colors don't come out that well, but yes, this one is pretty tone-in-tone.
Then, Uta suggested making BLUE.
I like blue. This one practically made itself.
I had recently seen quilts by Susan Brubaker Knapp. She shades her pieces to create a 3D effect an I decided to play with that for a while.
And since I was at it and I had green silk left over, I made an extra piece. Green, distorted cog wheels with a mirror pyramid incorporated, which is the only place where you can see a correct cog wheel - which is kind of contradictory, because this mirror image is a whole big distortion in itself... Again, a lot of shading with color pencils going on here.
I'm ready for Prague!!
Wow - you were really busy! I especially like the green piece. And interesting that YOU were the one having problems with Repetition... Yes, you are ready for Prague. I think we will have an interesting show!
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