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| another place |
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| strips cut and ready to weave |
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| woven and ready to cut into more strips |
I saw an article on a technique in Cloth Paper Scissors about layering with "Contact" sticky clear film. I tried this with some printed maps, a layout of our favourite camp ground, fabric and a sheet of scrabble scores, but the end result was a bit bland, so I cut it up, then found the sheet of printed stone soup I did for our group project, cut that so I could weave the laminated strips through, layered with mnore contact to hold it all together, it did need to be heldtogether somehow! then cut that into strips. As it is Christmas I used some lovely red spotty fabric we had made a dress out of last year, and did a very traditional log cabin design, stitched onto some stabiliser.
The finished piece has names of some places I have been, some favourite spots and some I would like to go to soon - all machine quilted onto the surface.
This is all about keeping touch with your roots but also branching out, the log cabin is a favourite and a starting point for most quilters, and the different technique is a form of travelling to another place.
I left a hole in the middle and put my passport in there for the promise of things to come.
5 comments:
Very creative Jane. How was the contact to stitch and did you have a longer than normal stitch length. Hope you get to use the passport soon.
Incrediably clever! I wasn't sure at first which was the final piece top or bottom, as either could be one I thought. Exciting thinking went into your process. I too hope you get to go to exciting places before too long.
What a great idea Jane. Your finished piece is really striking. Wising you safe journeys soon!
I too read about this tecnique with the clear contact and have been wanting to try it! You have certainly provided the inspiration to give it a go. What a fun quilt!
I love the look of this quiltet; and I also want to give this technique a try.
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