This quilt was inspired by the detail (close-up) of the gravestone shown below and was executed entirely in silk fabrics, including one silver one. Sadly some of the sparkle is lost in the photography but you can see a hint of it in the picture below. The gravestone, of course, was just grey and weathered so the colours I've used were my own choice!
Here is a close-up of the Close-Up (sorry, couldn't resist!) on which you can see the stitching and beading in detail as well as the irregularity of the dupion silk. To me that adds to the texture.
This is a detail of the gravestone which inspired my Journal Quilt this week. It comes from a stone in Aberlady graveyard belonging to George Connor. I had photographed this only a couple of days before the new theme was announced on the Sketchbook Challenge site. Perfect timing!
Although as I mentioned in an earlier post it seems that I do look at life in detail a lot, specially through the lens of my camera and looking back over the previous Journal Quilts in the 52 Journals project, they all seem to qualify as a close-up! You can see all the previous JQs by clicking on the 52 Journals label below.
2 comments:
Beautiful colors and beading. I have been thinking of doing something in blue but haven't-this sure inspires me to get started. As soon as I get finished with the green-up to my elbows in green right now. Thank you for posting.
Oh wow! This is amazing! I didn't even realize there was a challenge site, I'll have to check it out!
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