Green means nature to me. When I was young we had a road that we called the “Spooky Road”. It was a wonderful winding road that had tall trees so thick that they arched over it. A beautiful green tunnel.
Next I cut away the tulle from the road and then quilted the tracks in the road. The road was a narrow one lane road and the tracks were well defined.
On the back you can see how I quilted leaves, trees, and the tracks in the road. I still enjoy driving down beautiful tree lined roads. Just being among the trees brings me so much joy.
Love the impressionist thought process here with fabric instead of paint. I really want to try this. You have inspired me!!!! The piece has a lot of energy and movement, and the colors blend and push back and forth visually in a wonderful joyful conclusion! Wow!!!! I am so impressed with this solution!!!!
ReplyDeleteReally nice. I just recently saw this demonstrated too, and used it on another quilt I will be finishing up in a few days.
ReplyDeleteI like that snip it up and use it idea.
Well Judy, I know where you learned to do this snippet technique and I must say that this piece is spectacular! I love the variety of the colors you chose and the quilting as seen on the back is, as your's always is, just beautiful! I have a road like this near my house and it brings me joy every time I travel down it. Really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and colorful rendition!! Love your machine quilting. I've tried the snippet technique before and didn't have success as you did - I will have to try again. Their is a green tunnel on a road where we lived in Mass. I viewed it as an adult so I found it lovely to drive through.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and son saw this work in progress and had their doubts that it would look like anything more then the mess it was.
DeleteWhat I discovered is that you really need to group your fabrics and use them like brushstrokes. With them too jumbled it is truly just a mess. Oh, and the mess to clean up afterwards is daunting.
Using the colorful fabric as my base was nice because it brought in a sunset and I didn't have to cover the whole surface with all those little pieces.
Judy, that is such exquisite quilting! I have done that Susan Carlson technique and Judy Steward technique but I never imagined making the quilting so handsome for the other side. SIGH! I feel like driving down that road of yours...and must remember the use of the tulle but the cutting away of it where not needed or wanted. So pleasing ..and comforting!!
ReplyDeleteJudy, congratulations on a phenomenal quilt! I have that book on the Snippet technique--which is different from the Susan Carlson one (which Janet used), I believe, though I could be totally wrong. Whatever technique you used, though, the results are out of this world. And, like Linda, the fact that you then quilted it so beautifully just brings up it many, many notches! We'd never realize how gorgeous the quilting is unless you had showed us the back, so thank you thank you for doing that! Fabulous work, on front and back!
ReplyDeleteJudy, thanks for showing us the in process photos. The technique and composition were perfect partners and your execution is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove it Judy. I too, like doing the snippet 'paint'. What book are you referring to? The one I have is by Noriko Endo and is titled Confetti Naturescapes. When I did my TRAVEL quilt with this method, I felt I had been too heavy handed. Yours looks perfect. And cutting away some of the tulle is also such a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a book to refer to on this method. I'm sure the book you have is the technique. I've seen it on tv and felt like it would be the best method for the look I wanted.
DeleteI think you have to be heavy handed on this to come up with the depth of color. Having the colorful base fabric did give me some freedom because I didn't have to cover ever square millimeter.
I had to take it slower then normal when I quilted because there were some really thick areas.
Judy, the book I have is called SNIPPET SENSATIONS and it is by Cindy Walters. I just looked it up again on Amazon, being too lazy to get up and look thru my unalphabetized quilting books! I saw on Amazon she has another book out, called something like MORE SNIPPET SENSATIONS. In her method, you apply the fusible to the fabrics first. then you snip them with scissors above your quilt, letting them fall wherever. (I don't know what she does about those that fall fusible side up!) But maybe I'm not remembering correctly and again, I ought to check out her method before talking about it. But too lazy!
DeleteI love the "bird's eye view" perspective that you chose to
ReplyDeletedepict your "spooky road". The snippet technique perfectly emphasizes the lush feeling of the tree canopy.
The snippet construction method is definitely on my 'to do' quilt list and your photos documented the process nicely. It effectively conveys impressionistic landscapes and made your 'tunnel' lush with leaves. My favorite part is the sunset color break beneath the canopy. Nice!
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