Margaret has been hard at work in her sewing room creating a series of some really beautiful and interesting quilts. They are a work in progress but I want to give you a sneak peek!
Using our EQ printables, Margaret printed 8.5″ x 11″ photos of flowers onto fabric then soaked and dried them. She then cut the photos into several strips using a rotary cutter. Then, Margaret sorted through her boxes of fabric to find colors and patterns that complimented the flower photo so that the photo would blend and contrast harmoniously with the fabrics she chose. Spreading the strips a few inches apart from each other, but still the the correct order, Margaret planned out which fabrics would be placed in between each of the strips. The result is a stunning abstract image!
After finishing the quilt, Margaret quilted around the fabric patterns (in this case, she quilted around the images of the sunflower) to add another visually captivating element. She has a few of these in progress and we are excited to see the final out come. We’ll post more on that when it’s done!
Here’s another photo blended collage quilt Margaret is working on… can you tell which part is the photo!?
06-26-2008
1:03 pm
Nicely done! I have just begun using photos as part of my fabric work. I like the way the photos blend in and that is what I try to accomplish with my work. Colleen
07-02-2008
1:46 pm
Hi Colleen,
We’d love to see what you’re up to with your photos. I don’t know if you’ll see my note or not, but if you do, please send us some photos.
07-02-2008
2:42 pm
Colleen, Be sure to check back on the blog later this week. Margaret has done more work with the green and purple photo quilt and I want to share it with you. She’s done some really cool things to blend the photos in such a way that it literally looks as though the leaves from the photos are growing out onto the quilt! It’s so cool and I can’t wait to show you.