| April's quilt began a series of wildflower quilts. I
was excitied and intrigued to find my subject each month and to try to create flower
portraits. Each month I would eagerly scour the woods and fields for wildflowers and
take many photos with a digital camera. I feel like I was able to really get to know each
flower, studying them through a lens, then working with the raw photos to make line
drawings and then appliqueing each quilt from fabric and thread. Some of my journal quilts
are photo transfers of the original stitched quilts which were further stitched and
embellished. With these quilts I also explored the technique
of computer printing on fabric, which up until now had not been of particular interest to
me. I was able to discover which printable fabric products worked better than others, and
some of the limitations. |
April
--- Trillium