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.

More Pictures from the Rayna Gillman Workshop

Here is a picture of Rayna in her classroom attire. Lest you think she is a messy sort I will say she brought this shirt with her looking like this. This actually wasn't a particularly messy process.

The following are some additional examples of our first attempts at carving and stamping. I know the first is mine but can't credit the others since I don't have names attached to them.

Thanks to Vivian and Maureen for sharing these additional photos.