Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Jane's Contrast Quilt "Blue and Orange"


Jane Hartfield’s Contrast Quilt

“Blue and Orange”

The word contrast sent my mind spinning! There are so many contrasts in my life that I had to really work on focusing on something I could depict in a quilt. First I thought black and white with just a bit of color, then hand stitched versus machine, then old prints versus hand dyed or painted, then curvy versus straight, hard vs. soft, saturated vs. pastel…The list was endless with so much opportunity for expression.



I finally decided on color and shape. I chose a hand-dyed blue velveteen fabric for the background which I contrasted with a commercial orange upholstery sample which I had over-dyed. I quilted the background with square or rectangular sections accented with silk yarn couched in place. Then I appliquéd circular shapes onto the orange square. It is quilted with circles. The binding is made of raw silk which is fused and stitched in place. I like the contrast of the complementary color scheme and the shapes of circles and squares in a variety of sizes.
 
 



 

12 comments:

  1. Very cool piece!!! I love ALL of the contrasts you've achieved in this. The colors and shapes are striking!

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  2. I agree I love the shape and color contrasts. Its a very lively piece.

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  3. Super quilt, Jane! I agree with the other two--all the different contrast you've pulled off here are amazing and lively!

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  4. The blue and orange really work! I like the way you added a smaller rectangle, and even smaller circles randomly on top of that! There is something about this that is so joyful and playful!!!! Great work!

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  5. Wonderful display of multiple contrasts Jane. Love the various textures in the fabrics!

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  6. Awesome as always. And in my favorite colors. Wonderful details in such a small quilt.

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  7. AWESOME ! I love every single aspect of this quilt, and your narrative is perfect ! Blue / orange; square-rectangle / round-circular; velveteen / upholstery fabric ...Silk yarn / raw silk ! And I'm particularly fond of your free-motion quilted circles.... One of my favorite quilting motifs :-D

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  8. Lots of wonderful contrast in this quilt. I do love the interplay between the orange and blue and the quilted grid in the background and the way it contrasts with the foreground

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  9. As you can tell from my quilt blue and orange are my favorite combination. I loved it and I admire the freedom your quilt conveys, it looks like you had fun making it. Truly beautiful

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  10. A perfect representation of CONTRAST on many levels.
    Lovely!

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  11. I love the contrasting textures that you used. I think you must have been smiling the whole time when making this quilt, as it shouts "Joy"!

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  12. You took contrast to so many levels and it is intriguing to look for all of them! The composition is wonderful. It is one I study for ages.

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