Thursday, May 15, 2014

Jane Hartfield's Spring Quilt





The word spring automatically brings to mind the season. It is a promise of rebirth, renewal, and the end of the cold winter. Although I usually say fall is my favorite season, spring is very close. I love the flowers and the green leaves and grass and the promise of sweet fruit.
That being said, I have been working with deconstructed screen printing with thickened dyes. This process is slow with considerable waiting time, but the results are very interesting. I am sure I will be doing more of this in the future.
After my screen prints batched and dried, I decided to fill in the white spaces with Tsukineko inks and Setacolor Shimmer paints. That created a piece that I was ready to quilt. So…it became a whole cloth quilt. I finished the edges with hand dyed silk ribbon.

I hope you enjoy the colors of spring.

11 comments:

  1. Yes, I did enjoy the colors of spring! Sweet fruit--I loved spotting the pear! And when I look at the small version of your quilt--before I click to enlarge--I thought I saw a robin, too!

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  2. What a great quilt ! And thanks for sharing info about the different processes you used. I haven't tried 'deconstructed screen printing" yet, but the process sounds interesting. And totally cool that you were able to incorporate several different artistic techniques on the same quilt. Beautiful quilt !

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  3. Love the colors and the impressionistic look of the flowers, fruit and greenery. It has a very serene feel that I find so appealing. Nice!

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  4. What a beautiful piece! I just love the colors and the quilting. I am going to try the deconstructed screen printnig in June. I cant wait seeing what you have done with your piece.

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  5. Jane, this is gorgeous! I can see the grass, flowers and the fruit in it. You are a true artist! Love, love, love this piece!

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  6. What lovely free motion quilting. The colors are lovely as well. Very Springy!!!!

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  7. Your quilt has a beautiful watercolor look to it and definitely sings spring. It is just perfect!

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  8. The rebirth of spring is beautifully portrayed in your quilt! I love the technique you described. I wish we could all get together for play days!!

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  9. I agree with Barbara - I wish we could do a play day - I love your use of deconstructed screen printing - enhancing it with paint and ink is a wonderful way to control the outcome. I did a class in deconstructed screen printing but did not have results this interesting - well done

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  10. Ahhh….I have never tried deconstructed screen printing, but am very motivated to after seeing your quilt. I really love the watery impressionistic look that you achieved with this process, and your colors do shout "Spring"!

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