Since as one of my friends said "what do you know about harmony?", I decided to research the meaning of harmony. I learned about different musical notes played at the same time, mathematical ratios, repetition of shape and color harmonies. Most of all I kept hearing the Coca Cola commercials of my youth "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony" which made me think of bubbles dancing.I started with some onasburg that I stained with tsukineko fabric ink. I used the cool colors of blues, purples and greens. The background came out more muted than I thought it would but I decided I liked that effect. I then used thread painting to color my shapes using many warm colors of threads. The quilting was done with a blue/purple/green variegated thread.
Love it Sara!
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Sara! The Coca Cola song kept dancing in my head, as well, throughout our focus on harmony. What a beautiful job of thread painting the bubbles, and of quilting the bubbles in the background. And, what a clever title! Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat does Isaac know. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to learn about onasburg since I can think of many places to use it. Love your inspiration and attack. I won't forget your music or piece!
ReplyDeleteThat is some serious thread work! I want to touch it and see it up close. Those of us who will be at the Houston quilt show should bring ours a show and tell session.
ReplyDeleteSara, after reading your post and then Carolyn's comment, I had to chuckle. That song kept running through MY head, too, as soon as I knew what our theme was. In fact, I actually sketched out a quilt design, using the images from the song. Only when I had done that, did the song quit nagging at me. I laid aside that original design and moved on to the one that I eventually used. But now to your quilt! Again, as in Andrea's and Patti's, clicking on the quilt image to enlarge it is so very important. Then I could truly appreciate your close and beautiful quilting. The entire design is captivating!
ReplyDeleteI do have trouble with moderation when I start playing with thread! The onasburg idea came from a workshop with Terry White. She said she bleaches it and then does a second wash. The kits she had looked like a very soft linen. Mine did not whiten very much but it is a fun base. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at IQF.
ReplyDeleteI remember the Coke advert - we had it here in Scotland too! That was a fantastic idea to base your design on bubbles - I love the muted colour of the background which is in beautiful harmony with the colours of the bubbles. By the way, there's a village in Scotland whose old name was "Osnaburgh" because that cloth was woven by the handloom weavers there.
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