'Bexhill Pixels' ( CQ 6 x 12 inch) is a souvenir of my birthday outing , based on photos manipulated in Photoshop inspired by the Susan Collins 'Seascape' installation at the De La Warr Pavilion, particularly the projection of images onto a window framed by real seascapes beyond.
Susan Collins: Stokes Bay 08-09-27 14.13 
Using Neocolour II crayons, I ruled lines of colour on a used colour catcher, lightly sprayed with water to diffuse the colours then painted with acrylic medium to seal the surface. I found half a shirt from a charity shop (imitation ikat print from Mauritius), perfect for the background. Stitched with variagated threads by hand and machine. I was aiming for a less regular size to the hand stitches to indicate the pixels but it's so hard to be random! Back to the drawing board. The indigo back (below) has possibilities.
The BQL Calendar Challenge for May was trapunto ( using an additional layer of wadding stitched behind the letters as stuffing) Following a workshop with Angie Hughes on lettering, I've used words from an August Strindberg quote in a couple of pieces so continued the theme using 'sea' and 'sky' in 'Jazztext' font size 400.
Having got carried away looking through my indigo stash for something suitably marine, I neglected to read the bit in the instructions about choosing PLAIN fabric. I tried to make the letters stand out a bit more with some FMQ and some hand seeding stitches but it's decidedly subtle. Only by taking photographs at a jaunty angle then cropping could I emphasise the shadows. 
I'm afraid I'm just reverting to type - in our family we consistently applied the principle:
The BQL Calendar Challenge for May was trapunto ( using an additional layer of wadding stitched behind the letters as stuffing) Following a workshop with Angie Hughes on lettering, I've used words from an August Strindberg quote in a couple of pieces so continued the theme using 'sea' and 'sky' in 'Jazztext' font size 400.
Having got carried away looking through my indigo stash for something suitably marine, I neglected to read the bit in the instructions about choosing PLAIN fabric. I tried to make the letters stand out a bit more with some FMQ and some hand seeding stitches but it's decidedly subtle. Only by taking photographs at a jaunty angle then cropping could I emphasise the shadows. 
I'm afraid I'm just reverting to type - in our family we consistently applied the principle:'If all else fails, read the instructions'.
6 comments:
I share the same philosophy!!!!!!!!! My excuse is the instructions might contain a mistake!!
They are both good, how could indigo dyed not be?!
I rather like that the letters are slightly obscured by the pattern on the fabric. It was very clever of you to make them less obvious!! The journal quilts are gorgeous.
Do you know, I'd never thought to use this technique for lettering before...Doh! It looks really good and quite subtle!
I like the subtlety of the lettering, much more interesting than if you had read the instructions!
we both seem to be dealing with that quiet subtle line of visibility. i like seeing also the indigo in your work.
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