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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Monochromatic 2 - Fleur Maddern - "He's Back!"


"He's Back"

For this Monochromatic challenge I wanted to know if I could make the clown 
from the Song Title (in someone else's style) challenge, work in one colour.
 See the original Clown quilt here
 I reused my drawing from the other challenge. 
This time I have changed the technique slightly, trimming each applique piece to make it a little smaller,
then fused each piece leaving a slither of background fabric (black) showing between each piece. 
This is a leadlight applique technique I hadn't tried before. 
The diamonds are appliqued onto the black background fabric using the same leadlight technique.
Also turned the quilt from portrait to landscape orientation. 
Edge bindings have been fused on and trimmed with brown ric-rac .
An edging technique I've not ever done before. 
So far every one of my challenge quilts has a different edge treatment / finish.

Close up - His Mouth

Close up - His Eyes

My original "Send in the Clowns" quilt from the Song Title challenge

The Monochromatic version



(To see this Clown quilt re-made in "Texture" - Click Here)

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13 comments:

  1. RobbieOctober 1, 2014 at 10:54 PM

    Double WOW!! This is wonderful. Love the fabrics you used (e.g. eyes)...very cool! What leadlight technique did you use??

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    1. Fleur MaddernOctober 3, 2014 at 8:12 PM

      Leadlight technique where a little space is left between every fused piece of fabric allowing the background (black) fabric to show as if it were 'lead' in leadlight. Then I just raw edge stitched every piece (well nearly every piece, I have discovered I missed stitching one tiny piece) opps!

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  2. Marty MasonOctober 2, 2014 at 5:56 AM

    Liked No. 1, but I really like No. 2 clown.

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    1. Fleur MaddernOctober 3, 2014 at 8:14 PM

      Thanks Marty. There may be more clowns yet, many more ideas to explore.

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  3. artsychickquilts.blogspot.comOctober 2, 2014 at 9:14 PM

    Fleur-This is a challenge within a challenge! I may try this technique as a value challenge in the future. I found that "gray is the new black" and there are plenty of nice fabrics to choose from.

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    1. Fleur MaddernOctober 3, 2014 at 8:19 PM

      I found it a very valuable / interesting exersise to alter an existing piece of work done using colour as contrast to try to make it work as monochrome, using tone as contrast. Not everything translated easily, some tweaking was required!

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  4. Marianne BosOctober 8, 2014 at 7:47 PM

    Im not sure which one I like best, the monochromatic one or the colourful one. Either way both are great quilts.

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  5. Shruti DandekarOctober 16, 2014 at 10:29 PM

    Love your idea!!! Totally!

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    1. Fleur MaddernOctober 20, 2014 at 9:13 AM

      Thanks Shruti. RE-DO could be a theme for us in the future - as in re make a previous quilt in a different style / technique. It is an interesting exersise, very good learning experience to re-make something but change it.

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  6. RobynOctober 19, 2014 at 10:49 PM

    Interesting and very effective appliqué technique Fleur. I like both clowns but I think this one is my favourite.

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  7. Fleur MaddernOctober 20, 2014 at 9:15 AM

    Thanks Robyn. I still like the colour (1st one) better.

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  8. SueJanuary 31, 2015 at 6:56 PM

    I think I like this fellow bettter than the other.

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