Some time ago, when following 'favourites' trails through Flickr I came across some lovely artwork. The colours were fantastic, the design was simple yet stunning, and I kept thinking that this possibly could be recreated in patchwork and appliqué format. I've been in touch with the artist - Loretta, and she has given me her blessing to try and create my version of her art - thank you Loretta.
I kept going back to the images and even discussed it on line with Marjorie, shared the images with her and we discussed how I'd be trying to recreate the images. Only one material kept pulling me - batiks.
I love batiks. The colours can be so vibrant and the subtle patterns, or even the bold patterns, are inspiring. Next thing I know is that Marjorie, bless her heart, started to send me lovely little packages of batik charms. I do have some batiks, but very very little in the colour ways that would be needed to recreate Loretta's artwork. So here's a little taster of the fabrics I'll be working with, plus possibly some from my stash (which are a few blues and lots of purples).
Sorry, no, I'm not going to share Loretta's artwork, links to her blog, Flickr pages, etc with you at present. But after completing Guild Challenges and the new Brit Quilt Swap, this will be one of the two personal challenges I'll be setting myself.
The other will be because another Blogger friend Lynne kindly sent me some Aurfil threads to try out and in the package there were two delicious FQ's of Anthology fabrics.
Having just written a thank you email to her the blossoming idea of how to make a quilt / panel using the FQ's and coordinating threads came to me, based on Jenny's quilts. A little planning and additional fabric selection is required but I can already visualise the quilt. This is a selection of coordinating fabrics that could be considered - what will go where and how much will I need?
So give me a little time to finish up existing projects that are on time scales, then I'll be playing around with these projects - so much for the other UFO's, if I'm honest I can't wait to start these two challenges.
9 comments:
Such fun to think of all the beautiful things to do with fabric and ideas!
I was lucky enough to win a bunch of Marjorie's lovely batiks in a giveaway. I am very intrigued and looking forward to seeing what you do with these.
Deborah
I love those batiks - charm squares of them are so appealing as the colour can change so much from one side to the other...yummy! Really looking forward to seeing these two projects develop!
What a nice surprise! Thanks! And I love that thread and fabric!
You're going to love using Aurifil :)
I bet you have that bubbly feeling of anticipation?
Hmmm... I thought I sent much brighter more exciting fabrics. You know I have them in the stash. Let me know what's missing for the project.
I can't wait to see what you create. You have some very generous friends and I'm sure you will do all gift fabrics justice.
OOoh I love love love that palette you've made - when these anthology fabrics first arrived, I remember you were the one who preferred the more interesting palette and prints whereas most people were drawn to the more obvious palette and prints.
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