I've been making Journal Quilts every year since 2003 ( and with Contemporary Quilt of QGBI since 2007) . This year they are to be of a theme and shape(s) of your own choosing but designed so that at the end of the year they can be joined together in some way for possible exhibition. My favourite / most successful set of JQ's is from 2013 when I chose 'Indigo' as my theme so that is what I've chose to revisit but deciding on size/ shapes took a lot of pondering on graph paper! I decided in the end on a combination of : 8 x 8", 10 x 10" , 8 x 10", 10 x 8" which I hope will give me enough scope for experimenting. So far I'm on track , having completed January to April and May's the current piece of ' trainstitching'
January ( Jellyfish Bloom ) is wet bulb thermometer wicks stitched onto shibori dyed section of old quilt.
February ( Hidden Depths) is monoprint of net on silk layered with indigo dyed wadding and linen tablecloth , kantha stitched.
March ( StitchResistRipples) Stitching back into a piece of Mokume ( 'woodgrain' ) shibori was almost as time consuming as doing the stitch resist ! Combined with a monoprint and a small scrap of Ndop stitch resist indigo from Cameroon.
April ( Thunderbolt Pier ) A couple of years ago the ' Edgy Stitchers' ( CQKent) had an outing to Chatham Historic Dockyard as inspiration for our exhibition later in the year. This is a recycled sample based on photo of 'Thunderbolt Pier' , manipulated in Photoshop, printed on fabric and fused to background of quilted silk arashi shibori.
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