grab bag challenge 2006
Posted: Friday, 20 April 2007 |
sorry I forgot to say in the previous post the conditions for making our quilt was to use at least a third of the fabric in the grab bag for the quilt, so you could add fabric from your own stash and the quilt finished size had to be 20 inches square,
one member of the grab bag challenge group lives in Netanya, Israel, so we were all concerned for her last summer, she assured us that Netanya was out of firing range, nothing was normal and tension was great for her though,
the grab bag I sent out I put about half Harris tweed as my fabric because I wanted/hoped the person who received it would enjoy using some of the tweed,
the grab bag I sent,
Susan Pel-Or, Netanya, Israel received my grab bag and made a beautiful quilt for me, Sue used all the tweed as the earthy background and cut star flowers from the silk, I really love it, using the tweed and a garden, as well as textiles I love my garden,
Cultivate the Stars by Susan Pel-Or, Netanya, Israel
Detail photos
I saw a photo of Sue鈥檚 quilt when the coordinator posted it and a couple of weeks later the quilt arrived in Scotland but I did not see Sue鈥檚 statement for another month when the coordinator sent out a cd with all the quilts on, there were over 70 artists involved in this so it was no mean feat to take 2 photos (full size and detail) and prepare all the statements (we had all sent our statements by e mail so the coordinator set them out with the photo of the grab bag), then burn over 70 cd鈥檚 and package them and finally send out,
Statement
I had wondered about the grid like shape of the background of Harris tweed and concluded from seeing the quilt that it was because I had only just put in sufficient tweed to cover the 20 inch square (I had not expected someone would use every scrape of tweed) since reading Sue鈥檚 statement I wonder if it is the background grid that makes the visual tension she sees or because it brings back memories鈥︹..
one member of the grab bag challenge group lives in Netanya, Israel, so we were all concerned for her last summer, she assured us that Netanya was out of firing range, nothing was normal and tension was great for her though,
the grab bag I sent out I put about half Harris tweed as my fabric because I wanted/hoped the person who received it would enjoy using some of the tweed,
the grab bag I sent,
Susan Pel-Or, Netanya, Israel received my grab bag and made a beautiful quilt for me, Sue used all the tweed as the earthy background and cut star flowers from the silk, I really love it, using the tweed and a garden, as well as textiles I love my garden,
Cultivate the Stars by Susan Pel-Or, Netanya, Israel
Detail photos
I saw a photo of Sue鈥檚 quilt when the coordinator posted it and a couple of weeks later the quilt arrived in Scotland but I did not see Sue鈥檚 statement for another month when the coordinator sent out a cd with all the quilts on, there were over 70 artists involved in this so it was no mean feat to take 2 photos (full size and detail) and prepare all the statements (we had all sent our statements by e mail so the coordinator set them out with the photo of the grab bag), then burn over 70 cd鈥檚 and package them and finally send out,
Statement
I had wondered about the grid like shape of the background of Harris tweed and concluded from seeing the quilt that it was because I had only just put in sufficient tweed to cover the 20 inch square (I had not expected someone would use every scrape of tweed) since reading Sue鈥檚 statement I wonder if it is the background grid that makes the visual tension she sees or because it brings back memories鈥︹..
Comments
That is a very clever and subtle use of the heavier fabric and its varied colours as background: the appliqu茅 is lovely, and how clever to achieve such straight edges with the tweed. It looks like a combination of doves of peace and explosions.
Flying Cat from an admiring glance
The gridded structure didn't strike me until you mentioned it. I had, without thinking, thought of the background as earth or fields, which went well with the flowers. It would be interesting to see the detail of the wavy line of flowers around the bottom half of the image.
Jill from EK
The straight lines and grid structure of the tweed were noticeable to me because I know what I sent out and it looked to me that the small rectangular pieces of tweed enclosed were laid out on the 20鈥 square of wadding to cover it, I feel I was a bit mean and wish I had enclosed more tweed to have given Sue choice, I choose the earthy colours because that is what I like and the finished quilt would be mine, it is quiet difficult choosing fabric for someone else to use but you get to keep the finished quilt and all the more difficult when you do not know who that person is, I agree with the feline insight of Doves of Peace and Explosions and Sue is a Doves of Peace person, Jill the wavy line of flowers is Patons Wisper shade 00014 I saw it in The Colour Factory in Ness and think the muted shades of silky thread work beautifully with the tweed, I have added photos for you, I was pleased Sue used the pearl cotton I enclosed for some hand stitched embroidery and she used her own metallic thread to free machine quilting the background, I love contrasting the matt surface of tweed with shiny things, the stars shooting out of the flowers are Sues,
island threads from lewis
I made this comment earlier but it has not shown, it'll probably turn up twice now, oh well. The straight lines and grid structure of the tweed were noticeable to me because I know what I sent out and it looks to me that the small rectangular pieces of tweed enclosed were laid out on the 20鈥 square of wadding to cover it, I feel I was a bit mean and wish I had enclosed more tweed to have given Sue choice, I choose the earthy colours because that is what I like and the finished quilt would be mine, it is quiet difficult choosing fabric for someone else to use but you get to keep the finished quilt and all the more difficult when you do not know who that person is, I agree with the feline insight of Doves of Peace and Explosions and Sue is a Doves of Peace person, Jill the wavy line of flowers is Patons Wisper shade 00014 I saw it in The Colour Factory in Ness and think the muted shades of silky thread work beautifully with the tweed, I have added photos for you, I was pleased Sue used the pearl cotton I enclosed for some hand stitched embroidery and she used her own metallic thread to free machine quilt the background, I love contrasting the matt surface of tweed with shiny things, the stars shooting out of the flowers are Sue's,
island threads from lewis
Thanks, IT. When you see a yarn or piece of fabric, you obviously see it with quite different eyes from the average person e.g. myself. The extra photos show very clearly how Sue used this yarn. The doves of peace struck me too but I thought I was imagining things... thanks again.
Jill from EK
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