Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Barbara's Friendship Quilt--"Follow Me"



This quilt had to be of my two favorite small people, my grandchildren.  I loved this photo of Jude taking Jozy to school and knew that I would use it in a quilt.
The background is made in the style of English appliqué artist, Janet Bolton, a technique I used before in my Communication quilt.  The background is done first using pieces collaged together mostly raw edge and stitched by hand with Perle Cotton thread.  I have a large collection of fabrics in this color and made this background before I knew what I was going to do with it.  I enlarged the photo, drew their outline, made some artistic changes and additions, fused the silhouette with Wonder Under onto hand dyed fabric and stitched the edges with sewing thread.

It has been fun watching the friendship develop between these siblings ages 4 and 2.


11 comments:

  1. What a special little quilt! The color palatte is so sweet, as is the way you depicted the children in silhouette. Love the birds on the wire as well! I also like the way you offset the boys to the bottom right of the square with brighter space in front of them. Great work.

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  2. A lovely quilt based on a wonderful photo! I love the "artistic license" you took by making the little boy be pointing the way for his sibling. Another quilt inspired by grandchildren! Amazing how they change our lives and even how we compose art quilts!

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  3. So sweet. It's fun being a grandparent. I love your hand stitching. The children are wonderful

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  4. What a sweet rendering of your grandchildren. I'm wondering what is written on the two squares at the top and bottom right sides? Maybe something about how wonderful grandchildren are???

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    1. Carolyn, the writing was already on the fabric and unfortunately has nothing to do with grandchildren!

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  5. A special bond between siblings that hopefully will grow through the years.
    A very quiet but meaningful quilt. I love the way you added the stuffed friend in the little one's hand.

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  6. What a special quilt of your two precious grandbabies. This gave me a warm hug just looking at it.

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  7. This quilt just kind of melts your heart ! All of us who are privileged to have Grandchildren know exactly how it feels to watch these precious children enter and move through our lives, taking us on journeys we never would have traveled had they not been with us. Congratulations on a lovely and personal work of art !

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  8. This quilt strongly depicts deep human connections. It makes me think of the two little ones facing a future together and makes me wonder what that will look like. The use of silhouettes is very effective at keeping the figures the focus of the muted background

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  9. Great background! Must try this but don't know where to start. The silhouette is very strong and this will be a treasure for many years.

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  10. Very sweet quilt. Love the soft, textured background and the rendering of your grandchildren in silhouette.

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