Thursday, 21 March 2013

My World is Green (Doorways)

 
I'm very happy with how  my quilt for Sue Ridgewell Challenge for QGBI AGM has turned out. The theme 'My World is Green' was inspiring and I'd forgotten how much I like the 24 inch square format - I've made a lot this size in the past. It's mainly inkjet prints of doors from my travels  on Jacquard Cotton sheets or bubble-Jet set treated fabrics quilted to death but what really makes it is  the silk lamination of inkjet prints of doors, again  heavily stitched and cut back in places to reveal what lies underneath.





Have yet to give it a title  that  sums up the layers and glimpses of doorways - "Green Door I" seems a little dull! Any ideas?
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9 comments:

  1. Hilary21 March 2013 at 09:38

    Stunning - absolutely beautiful.

    Corny: What's behind the green door?
    Obscure: Portes Vert
    Iffy: Peeling back the layers,
    Layers of History

    Hilary

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  2. Nina Marie21 March 2013 at 11:08

    gorgeous! I would hang this in my house in a flat minute - really just my kind of taste - lovely lovely!

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  3. Julie21 March 2013 at 18:26

    I agree, it's fabulous. The surface leads you further and further in and is so intriguing. I will look forward to having a proper look at the AGM.

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  4. Marianne21 March 2013 at 21:23

    Magnifique quilt, bravo

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  5. Margaret Cooter22 March 2013 at 11:00

    Nice one! Another iffy title suggestion: Doorway into a Greener World (very iffy!)

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  6. Carmina22 March 2013 at 11:04

    Wonderful work. I love it!Congrats!
    Carmina
    Romania

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  7. Jill22 March 2013 at 19:47

    That is beautiful, so rich in detail.

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  8. Quilt or Dye22 March 2013 at 21:11

    "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." John Barrymore
    Possible title: "Happiness Sneaks in the Door"

    "Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door."
    Emily Dickinson

    Possible title: "Open Every Door"

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  9. Olga Norris23 March 2013 at 20:36

    This is the look of Spring which we are so looking forward to! Lovely work.
    I believe that you have taken photos of many Greek doors, in which case you could call this piece the alliterative, but clumsy sounding Prasinnes portes (Green doors). How about just Sesame.

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