Hello, hello.
Here's a project I've been procrastinating about since last fall. Now we're up against the deadline and I'm torn between obsession and despair.
The Milwaukee Art Quilters meet in a business space of a small publishing company owned by the daughter of one of the members. We've been meeting there for years and decided to make a group quilt as a thank you to the business owner. It's to be a slice-and-dice photo quilt. We have a photo of the owner's house, and it's been sliced into sections. We're all making sections of the house, which will be joined into a fragmented but hopefully still recognizable whole.
Photo-realism/landscape are not my preferred quilt genres, but here I am, struggling with clapboard siding, gingerbread-y Victorian spindles and molding. The vegetation part of the block is pretty much completed,
but the rest... 12 inches square but oh, the dithering about order and method of construction, materials, fabric choices.
Ugh, ugh. Just give me a pile of half-square triangles to make and let me go into my happy space.
10 comments:
The vegetation piece looks great! ;o) But I would also be struggling. I'm sure you'll meet the challenge though!
I love the IDEA of this type of project and have participated in several (I should post about them!) but when it comes right down to it, I'm with you...heading to the quiet corner with my HSTs. There must be some sort of psychological profile that applies. I might not want to see it, however. :-)
Wow, Kathie, the tree looks simply gorgeous! As for the architectural part, I'd be struggling a bit, too...pushing the creative envelope, for sure. I've got 45 Corn & Beans blocks waiting for me to tackle when I get home. Quite fiddly, but very geometric. Just my cup of tea!
Looks fantastic!
That tree section is wonderful, but I see what you mean about having to make zillions of small decisions. Good luck, may the choices be clear and the stitching swift.
Wonderful tree and the base is awesome. Do you have to do the whole house?? Yikes!
Wow!! Your tree is amazing. Just keep going with the other part one bit at a time and it'll come together. It's such a wonderful idea as a gift.
your tree is excellent! that whole project would be tough for me, unless they let you have lots of fun with the interpretation. realistic? gaaaaah.
I couldn't do it. Best of luck with the rest of it.
It looks like you're meeting the challenge, I think it's wonderful so far.
Post a Comment