THE COLLAGE QUILT!

Blog 57

Welcome back to"Seams Like Home"

This is where it began, the collage quilt.  There were twelve "Art Sue" members including me that worked on the collage project.  Our organizer, Sue N, chose a photograph and had it enlarged. Only she knew what the entire photo looked like.  She divided the photograph up into 12 equal parts and assigned each one of us our 1/12th of the photo.  I had no idea what was above, below, or on either side of the 3"x 4" photo I had been given.

I looked at all the colors in the photo I had been given and began pulling fabrics from my stash.  I had Silk, Rayon, Organza, Tule, Cotton, Quilters Lame',and bits and pieces of ribbon, and even some knits.

Sue N.  gave each of us a piece of mylar that had the 1/12th collage photo printed on it in black and white. It was the size that our finished piece of the quilt should be.  I put it up on a window to backlight it and then traced my quilt pattern on to a piece of Vellum.



My part of the quilt started taking shape.  I could tell that part of it was a flower, probably a pansy.  But there were parts that I had no idea what they were.  All I could do was try to stay true to the colors and lines.

My next decision was to use Thread Play to give it a finished look.
I pulled out the threads I would use and began playing with them.

It was time to turn it in.  Sue N. showed us the "Big Picture" and started putting all 12 of them together.

The original photo before it was divided up.

And then...

TA DA!

Here it is, the Art Quilt at the Port Gamble show.

This was a very fun project!  The quilt turned out so well. I wish you could see it in person.  Twelve art techniques, twelve styles, twelve different groups of fabric.  All put together in one great quilt.

I'd like to try it again, not too soon, but someday.