For my first "Departure" quilt, I made one from hundreds of tiny pieces totally on the sewing machine ... not a hand stitch on it! After pinning it to the wall and staring at it for a month, I decided that it just wasn't "me!" No texture at all. So .... I choose do something I had been wanting to learn how to ... nuno felting.
This quilt consists of 6 pieces of nuno felt and a small length of commercial rose ribbon. The process was fun, but awful hard on a body with arthritis! At least I've learned that felting is probably not an art I will pursue very often!
Approximately 16x20 - Merino wool, burned silk, hand-dyed scrim and cheesecloth, sari ribbon, wool yarn, silk embroidery ribbon, rose ribbon, glass beads, buttons, upholstery trim, Perle cotton and rayon embroidery threads, wool felt and cotton batting. Hand-embroidered and hand-quilted.
Meg! This is exquisite! What a beautiful work of art. Thanks for sharing. Peace AND Prosperity, sistah! Kate
ReplyDeleteWow, Meg, you've outdone yourself on this one. Just awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt's really spectacular! It's too bad you will not be doing a lot more of this!
ReplyDeleteI love it! It's wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt's super. I love the texture.
ReplyDeleteIt's fabulous Meg! Your work is always a delight... loaded with detail,wonderful textures and depth.
ReplyDeleteWow! I would love to see this in person. There are so many lovely color combinations and textures.
ReplyDeleteIt is STUNNING! I LOVE the textures & beautiful work you've obviously put into it. Wow!
ReplyDeletefantastic Meg!
ReplyDeleteAmazing...so much to see and wish to touch...nice work!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your wonderful comments!!! I think I should have posted my other quilt this month and saved this one for the "Texture" challenge! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou've out-done yourself. This is lovely Meg. I would love to see you do more of this. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI always know which pieces are yours!!!! This is glorious and it is hard on the body but you have done such an amazing job!!! this is exquisite and I do so wish that i could see it in person!!! I bet that once the felting part was done you had a grand time embellishing!!!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth - THANKS!!! This will be my last felting for a while ... the old body can only take so much! You'll have to see my daughter to get up close and personal with this one ... she finally wheedled it away from me yesterday! :) (Embellishing is what I love. I can do that sitting down!!!)
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