Making Waves

 I'm thrilled to say that my quilt 'Weymouth Waves' -detail above, has been selected for SAQA Wide Horizons III which will premiere at Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork in St Marie Aux Mines in Alsace. Sadly I won't be able to get to the show, although I hope to one day.
Although constructed from indigo fabrics and stitch, this piece was very much influenced by the observation and experimentation  last year on  my painting course at Slapton, Devon  (results below).I'm  returning there  this week with high expectations, not least the delicious food!

Inspired, Influenced, Informed Indigo Seas

 Perhaps because I've been stitching on indigo all weekend as part of International Quilt Challenge ( sore fingers but I'm fallen in love all over again with hand stitching with 'mystique' cotton perle thread) but I felt the need to raid my indigo stash and start to build a seascape. Hope to get it assembled before going to Weymouth so I can stitch it in situ!! Still a lot of work to do on the bottom half beneath what's above but for my eyes only at the moment.

 Partly inspired by the fabrics themselves ( especially the ones I  dyed at Summer School last year) , mainly by the patterns created when cutting curves into striped/shibori  as in these journal quilts.

 Influenced also by previous indigo seascapes such as 'Serifos Storm'and informed by recent paintings of the sea at Slapton in acrylics.