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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Good Girl

The "GOOD GIRL" quilt is a product of the workshop with Rayna Gillman. There was a thread on Quiltart about taking classes and then having your work look like that of the last teacher who influenced you. I wish I could produce work like Rayna's but, as you can see, that is not my style at all. I made the blue squares and the willow tree in Rayna's workshop. I decided to cut the squares apart and attach them to a black background in an effort to simulate a page from an old photo album.

Using a technique from Lesley Riley's "Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur" I printed a picture of myself at age six or so on some Lutradur and painted it to make it look aged. The circle was a left over from another project and I stamped some additional shapes. I enjoyed making this and may create a series. But since my favorite part of making quilted art is doing the quilting this style won't go too far with me. This work is not one where I wanted any emphasis on the quilting.

5 comments:

JJ said...

This is a beautiful quilt! I truly love it.

JJ

Linda Teddlie Minton said...

Roberta, I really love this. Your choice to add the "antiqued" picture of your adorable little self is my favorite aspect of this "album" page. The blue and tea-stained look go very well together. Thanks for sharing your results from Rayna's class.

Carole said...

Roberta, this is different alright, but my, it is very nice.I join Linda in the fact that the 'little you' is so adorable. You may be surprised how you will integrate this into your work...
Don't you love Leslie Riley's DVD? I do!
I always love what you do and please post to the list when you put something new up.
So fun experimenting.... keep sharing...
Hugs,
Carole

Jan said...

With work this beautiful I don't think you need to want to do work like Rayna! I like it lots and your picture aged is a wonderful addition/focal point on your little quilt.

Carol Suto said...

Great piece. I love the combinations of blue/tea stain,old photo, etc. all set off with the black background. Stunning.