Sunday, July 15, 2012

Nedra's Daydream - Musings

I had a very busy weekend planned at our summer home in Maine.  I was to help my son's fiance,  her mother and my daughter make 100 jars of homemade blueberry jam which were to be used as wedding favors at the ceremony in August at our Maine house. There would be a houseful of guests and much work had to be done.  Oh and the daydream reveal was on Sunday!!!  Yikes!!!    Thankfully I had finished well in advance!!   So early last week I took my photo, wrote a draft of my post and brought my laptop with me.  It would be so simple to sneak off and post.  It would only take a few minutes I thought.  Well, the wireless connection was VERY slow and really wouldn't work so I had to enlist my husband's help.  He finally got it working and then my computer shut down. The battery was spent and I didn't bring the cord to plug it in.So much for planning ahead!
 It is now almost 11:00 pm and I've returned home and can finally reveal!



Having portrayed realistic images for the previous themes, I immediately decided to do an abstract portrayal of this theme when it was announced.  I pictured myself daydreaming--I saw myself lounging on the ground looking up at the clouds in the sky.  Images and ideas were swirling around in my head against a backdrop of blue clouds.  And thus "Musings" was conceived.  The pink batik represents the "not-so-grey matter" of my brain, the blue swirls are the clouds and the green squiggles are the ideas and images floating through it all.  All materials are batiks and are fused and decorative stitching was used to embellish.  I purchased a new Brother sewing machine (which has over 300 decorative stitches I was eager to try out) just a week before the theme was announced.  Using bright rayon thread I chose several to outline the sections.  I am pleased with the movement and simplicity of the piece.

9 comments:

  1. Nedra, this is lovely! When you click to enlarge, you can see all the truly amazing decorative stitching. That new machine of yours is out of this world. It is a daydream of a sewing machine! I love your abstract portrayal of daydreaming. Your colors, the fabrics, everything. Great job!

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  2. Hi Nedra - Loved your quilt ! Its fun, lively, colorful and looks as free-form as any daydream could ever be ! Congrats on a great image, and for putting your new machine to such good use :-)

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  3. I'm drooling... 300 decorative stitches available! Your quilt evokes an airy, dancing movement united through color, fabric, shape and stitching choices. Its dreamy feeling yet energetic and fun to look at. Nice!

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  4. Nedra, When I first saw it I thought you had used rick-rack for the green. The close-up showed how you cleverly used the decorative serpentine stitch to give it that effect. That is great! I love your colors (especially the "Pink" grey matter), the concept and use of decorative stitches made with the shiny rayon thread in the whole piece. This is a fun quilt!

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  5. This is a beautiful quilt Nedra. I loved looking at all the different stitches you made with your new machine. They give the piece that extra special touch. Your quilt turned out to be dreamy, cheerful and an example of great movement. FUN!

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  6. Love the colors, and the stitching is fabulous! I really need to play with your new machine! I actually think one of your daydreams has been to "break out of the box" and make an abstract quilt..an now the dream has been realized & so successfully!

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  7. Absolutely love the color choices and what fun with the "fancy" stitches. I admire those of you that can do the abstract because that is just not part of my DNA.

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  8. I agree with Rita, but we can keep trying! I especially appreciate your getting the quilt in on time and letting me daydream about a neat machine like the one you purchased. The quilt is so relaxing to look at, I can feel myself doing exactly what your wrote. Good job!

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  9. WooHoo - love this Nedra!! Enlarged, the decorative stitches really shine!
    Hope your jam making was a success!

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