Thursday, September 15, 2011

Sara's Harmony Quilt-I'd like to teach the world to stitch

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.

8 comments:

  1. Fantastic, 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!

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  2. What does Isaac know. Keep up the good work.

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  3. It 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!

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  4. That 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.

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  5. Sara, 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!

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  6. I 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.

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  7. I 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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