It's always a bit difficult getting started again after being so overwhelmed with beautiful work at Festival of Quilts. But the deadline looming for submission of JQ's for CQ challenge by end of August focuses the mind! At least I've been posting mine monthly this time rather than having to submit 4 in one go ( which rather defeats the object of a journal quilt in my mind). Augusts offering 'Door scraps I' is made from the offcuts of the sample below which I mounted on a canvas for Cwilt Cmyru 'meet the artist'.
It was made with photos of doors and acrylic paint applied over masking tape stencils rather then the paper lamination of 'Peeling Portals' below ( which I've just posted off for Harrogate quilt show , cross fingers!) . This technique does have potential, far simpler than paper lamination but it doesn't yield such complex results
While my offcut basket was out ( just some of the trimmings from finished quilts...) I had fun composing some more 'door' pieces - so September is sorted out !
This door JQ (scraps of African indigo fabrics) has been on the go since February, a nice size to hand stitch on train journeys, it might get finished for October. I initially thought the 8inch size would be too small for my liking but this years challenge has proved a delight, permission to play and see what happens.
Another little quick project was making a present for intern Ebrailon who has been such a help in the lab, particularly chopping up slices of orchid roots we've collected to see if they have any fungi in. He goes back to Brazil next week and we'll miss him. I printed some photos of root samples on Jacquard cotton sheets and ironed them onto a cotton bag with bondaweb
2 comments:
It certainly isn't easy to get back to working after all the FOQ inspiration. At least the JQs are manageable bites to begin with. Love your Harrogate entry and look forward to seeing it when I am there.
Good luck for Harrogate! Won't be there this year, so will await reports.
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