Friday, July 15, 2016

Dee's "Carried Away"




I love words – not only  for the meaning and use, but for texture,  syllables and tones. A word can set moods such as playful, morose, exciting, or  secretive and our challenge word, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (s32s), was a good example of that;  it is fun and frivolous, uncommon as far as use, but yet  known by all.  

To visually describe s32s,  I chose the parrot head umbrella that Mary Poppins used to transport herself.  I decided my umbrella would be a transport of a different sort - a boat floating in a pink ocean of pink flowers. “Carried Away” is the title of my piece.   I guess we are punning on this one as we drift away into fantasy.
  
The background is a hand-dyed cotton that was quilted in lines to create the ocean waves.  The fabric was too dark and the quilting did not show well, so I dry-brushed  two layers of light pink acrylic paint over the quilted background.  I drew the parrot umbrella and fused/stitched it on.  The paper flowers were purchased  and I reworked them by taking out the plastic centers and thinning out the petals. I stitched square beads and painted batting  into the centers to tone down the commercial look of the flowers.  The edging is something I call carnival prairie points because it looks like little flags hanging from the edges of  circus tents.  The edging is made from fused squares from the same hand-dyed fabric.



12 comments:

  1. How very innovative. Thanks for explaining your use of unusual materials. Again, welcome to MM!

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  3. You've produced a magical image - very appropriate to the theme!. I hope I get to see this one up close!

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  4. This quilt makes me smile! Love your whimsical use of color and embellishment to interpret the theme. Inspires me to do this more. Welcome! We could all use some happiness in our world now. Thank you for this lovely little ray of sunshine!

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  5. Welcome, Dee, and what a lovely piece to begin your journey with us! You and I and Nedra (so far!) had ideas that moved along the same track. Yours is truly a work of art!

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  6. Dee - this is terrific! I can't wait to meet you. I love this quilt and your interpretation!

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  7. Welcome to the group and congrats on your first posting! It is so sweet - I love the parrot handle and the soft tones contrasting with the black umbrella. The improvised prairie points provide the perfect border. Well done!!

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  8. Well Dee, what can I say? Fantastic! Beautiful! Unusual! Clever! Fun! You take the prize for the most creative! Well done friend!

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  9. How wonderful that you were able to use so many fun techniques in your little quilt. Such a sweet quilt that has that special parrot handled umbrella!

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  10. Thanks for the explanation of technique and fabrics. What a piece of art!!

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  11. So many different techniques. I just love the use of prairie points also.

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