Sunset Strata : Serendipity and the Art of the Quilt

Sunset Strata

March 24, 2007 7:05PM | Filed Under Contemporary Quilts, Technique:Design |

I’ve enjoyed Alison’s series of March posts “Anatomy of a Commission” and thought I would do something similar with my experimentation with the layering technique set out in Ineke Berlyn’s book.

First I reviewed some photos from my recent trip to Western Australia and cropped a slice from one of the Indian Ocean sunset shots:

I then auditioned several different combinations and proportions of fabric strips:

In the end I could not decide which variation I preferred so I just built up the layers as I stitched them together with some wadding and backing. If you click on the image, you may see some of the quilting. Now I am going to incorporate some hand quilting and embroidery stitches:

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Really like this idea and looking forward to seeing the finished piece

Comment by Lisa — March 25, 2007 5:06 AM#

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