It's reveal day! Quarter one for Four-in-Art. This year's theme is Light and our first quarter is Shimmer.
There isn't too much to say about this quilt.
I was rather stumped as to what I should do this time around, so I went to the web and searched on Shimmer. Most things referred to how a shimmer is perceived - brighter and darker - but one image really stood out to me.
Lips! With Glitter! So I went with something fun.
I do usually try to do something in each art quilt that I've not tried before. So this one has printing directly onto fabric - I used my color printer and Kona White fabric.
I also experimented a bit with some trapunto.
The lips were at first somewhat shriveled
So I pumped them up. Too much! The whole quilt was distorted.
The shimmer did print fairly well - but I thought I'd go all out for the shine - so glitter it was! A golden tone on the lips and a white "diamond" on the borders.
I'm not terribly thrilled with my attempts at a facing - the corners need some work.
This little quilt finished up at 12" x 12". I think I'm back to the smaller shape this year - after trying bigger last year.
Please check out all my mates playing along.
| Bette Ayers | https://www.flickr.com/photos/toot2 |
| Camilla Cathro | https://faffling.blogspot.com |
| Elizabeth Eastmond | http://www.opquilt.com |
| Janine Green | http://www.rainbowhare.com |
| Nancy Myers | http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com |
| Rachel Riley | http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com |
| Simone Bradford | http://quiltalicious.blogspot.com |
7 comments:
What I really love about this is the amazing textures - the shimmery lips and the different quilting patterns. They make me yearn to see it in real life!
Like you, Rachel, my search yielded a much lipstick, but good for you to take that and run with it - so, so cool! You have to be pleased with this one - it really is perfect!
You've really aced this challenge! Congrats! I'm sorry I can't see it in real life :)
Such a fun project. How did you settle on shimmery lips? What did you do to make the lips shimmer? It has a nice graphic quality to it. Elizabeth has a nice tutorial on her blog for making faced bindings. I've used it a bunch.
Wow! such fun! The trapunto is so effective and those lips sure do shimmer!
I din't even show the back with my facing! it's so hard to sew the facing down flat and neatly, yours looks fine!
I love, love, love this little quilt with its starlet lips shimmering forward. I think I saw that photo, too, but didn't think I was up to the challenge--you did it magnificently! I laughed when you said the trapunto was too much--just like some actresses' lips with their beauty plumping treatments--it's Hollywood all the way! Terrific quilting, design and execution:a terrific finish!
Oh, what a project! Love the bling of the glitter. The trapunto really made the quilt (like a little filler to the lips). Did you mount your Kona on freezer paper to send it through the printer? I found many photos of jewelry when searching for shimmer. Great new techniques for you.
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