It is startling. I see it from the hall way and gasp....shall carry on however. I feel very courageous with my work, a coward with everything else. love you xo
Judy~ It's good to have courage somewhere! This is so bold, seemingly different from other work of yours and I'm interested in the "onion" at the top right :) Be well
I am creating a back for my count-down quilt to 50 years married to same guy. I began it on 46th wedding anniversary and am making a block for each week of marriage as we go forward. 208 weeks - so it will probably be 4 quilts. Anyway, I had the brain wave to make the backs of these quilts from marimekko fabric, just like I did for the manitoulin circle project meditation panels - those four quilts each had marimekko on the back, because of my Finnish heritage. I purchase this kind of cloth with my heart - and it is really too bold for my style. It's difficult to design anything original from something that already has a powerful design of own. But that's what I'm doing here. I'll post another photo as I figure more out. xo have removed the onion xo
I don't know Judy, 50 years of marriage could be well represented by the onion! Layer upon layer, flavor and maybe some tears, but adding so much to the main dish of life! xo
I visited the Marimekko store in Helsinki a couple of years ago and bought a remnant, maybe a quarter-meter, of this same fabric in yellow/white. It's been on my design wall ever since daring me to do something with it. But I know I won't hide it on the back of anything!!!
Interestingly, when I machine-quilted three small pieces for Nancy Crow several years ago she sent me Marimekko for the backs. I thought this was the epitome of luxury, first to even have any Marimekko left from the 70s, and then to put it on the back!!! Always have loved this stuff.
Hi Kathy. Yes I visited the Helsinki shop in 2013 and tried on but did not purchase some of the dresses. Helsinki made an impression because of the quiet elegance in some of the public squares and buildings. Gustavian style, I think it is called. About quilt backs. To me, that quilts have two sides is an advantage that quilts have over 2 dimensional art forms like painting and drawing. And the second side, because it is the secret side, has a lot of potential for metaphor. Xx
Wow! such a river of contrast!
ReplyDeleteIt is startling. I see it from the hall way and gasp....shall carry on however. I feel very courageous with my work, a coward with everything else. love you xo
DeleteJudy~ It's good to have courage somewhere! This is so bold, seemingly different from other work of yours and I'm interested in the "onion" at the top right :)
DeleteBe well
I am creating a back for my count-down quilt to 50 years married to same guy. I began it on 46th wedding anniversary and am making a block for each week of marriage as we go forward. 208 weeks - so it will probably be 4 quilts. Anyway, I had the brain wave to make the backs of these quilts from marimekko fabric, just like I did for the manitoulin circle project meditation panels - those four quilts each had marimekko on the back, because of my Finnish heritage. I purchase this kind of cloth with my heart - and it is really too bold for my style. It's difficult to design anything original from something that already has a powerful design of own. But that's what I'm doing here. I'll post another photo as I figure more out. xo have removed the onion xo
DeleteI don't know Judy, 50 years of marriage could be well represented by the onion! Layer upon layer, flavor and maybe some tears, but adding so much to the main dish of life! xo
DeleteI visited the Marimekko store in Helsinki a couple of years ago and bought a remnant, maybe a quarter-meter, of this same fabric in yellow/white. It's been on my design wall ever since daring me to do something with it. But I know I won't hide it on the back of anything!!!
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, when I machine-quilted three small pieces for Nancy Crow several years ago she sent me Marimekko for the backs. I thought this was the epitome of luxury, first to even have any Marimekko left from the 70s, and then to put it on the back!!! Always have loved this stuff.
Hi Kathy. Yes I visited the Helsinki shop in 2013 and tried on but did not purchase some of the dresses. Helsinki made an impression because of the quiet elegance in some of the public squares and buildings. Gustavian style, I think it is called.
DeleteAbout quilt backs. To me, that quilts have two sides is an advantage that quilts have over 2 dimensional art forms like painting and drawing. And the second side, because it is the secret side, has a lot of potential for metaphor. Xx