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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Structure - Robbie P

Better late than never, right!  I present my 'structure' piece...it is simplistic but I was inspired by Paul Klee whose work I really like.  I think he has lots of 'structure' to his pieces, hence, my inspiration.


I actually started this background several years ago after watching an English Piecing technique on Design Matters TV demo'd by Laura Kemshall.  I love any form of hand work so this was right up my alley! 



This is the back of my piece before I removed the paper.  Each piece was hand stitched using the English paper piecing technique.



And this was the finished background....










When the structure challenge was announced, I thought of that background piece based on Paul Klee and packed it up to bring with me to Florida to work on.  These were some of Paul Klee's pieces that were my inspiration.

 Having holiday planning, entertainment, packing to head south for the winter then coming down with a cold/flu put me behind...but it's finished and time to start thinking of our next challenge!!!

Here are some detail shots of my hand stitching.  I used hand dyes, commercial and silk duponi fabrics; Madeira  threads (Lana and Decor) for the hand stitching.  



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9 comments:

  1. AndreaFebruary 3, 2015 at 5:11 AM

    I can totally see and appreciate the beautiful inspiration of Klee. And I'm amazed that you did this all by hand, wonderful work and wonderful interpretation!

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  2. Marty MasonFebruary 3, 2015 at 6:09 AM

    This is beautiful and your hand stitching talent is to die for.

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  3. SueFebruary 3, 2015 at 11:39 AM

    Beautiful, love all your hand stitching and the colours that you used.

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  4. JayeFebruary 3, 2015 at 11:43 AM

    This is just fantastic! Love your inspiration from Klee...he is? was? a very interesting artist! I love it when any of us do these with different techniques!! thanks!! oh, and love the hand stitching too!

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  5. Monique KleinhansFebruary 3, 2015 at 1:38 PM

    Love your hand stitching! and the colors are simply beautiful :)

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  6. RobynFebruary 3, 2015 at 2:01 PM

    I love everything about this quilt. To quote Monique, "simply beautiful".

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  7. UnknownFebruary 4, 2015 at 5:16 PM

    Beautiful stitch work. The whole design is wonderful, I too am a Paul Klee fan so double the enjoyment.

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  8. ChezFebruary 6, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    This piece appeals to me because of the shapes, colours and embroidery! Beautiful!

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  9. Neroli HendersonFebruary 8, 2015 at 1:21 AM

    Beautiful! I especially love the silk piece which really makes that bit have a sheen which draws your attention to it even more. <3

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