Saturday, January 30, 2010

Rebirth

I did this quilt after Ree Nancarrow’s landscape class for our annual auction for Denali Quilters. It told the story of a forest fire and how, no matter how devastating the fire is, there is a regeneration of the forest from the ashes. At one point I thought of doing the same design but in each stage of regeneration, one with blacks and greys for the aftermath of the fire and then the third one with smaller trees and green quilting threads through the dark earth….maybe someday, but not soon. I was not pleased with the flow of the landscape on this one, but no matter how hard I tried it never came out the way it should…as if looking into the distance. ..which is probably why I tossed the design when I moved. If I ever feel the urge to do the triptych I will redesign it for a better flow.

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Window to My World 40x40

I made this quilt after a landscape class from Ree Nancarrow. I think I got an F in the class as I was too interested in putting favorite fabrics in the quilt rather than ones that would make it realistic. Each of the fabrics have a different quilting motif in them, plus the bottom has extended tree roots for each of the trees in the quilt. It was fun to make and fun to quilt. I have made a couple more of them and each one is unique although I have never been able to get the realistic look that Ree does. A lot may have to do with the fact that my fabric tends to be a little on the brighter side, almost surrealistic. Maybe someday I will do one that I could get an A or B on.

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