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All I could think of when the word "translation" was selected as our theme was the translation of one language into another. That is, until I stumbled upon the synonym, "transform." I immediately thought of the frog being kissed by the princess and transformed - or translated - into a prince. I made a close-up of a princess using cotton and silk with raw-edge appliqué and applied it to the background with Wonder Under. I added golden hair made with layers of Angelina fibers. The most difficulty I had was creating her whimsical features and puckered lips, which are drawn on with colored pencils. For another fun effect, I added a dangling earring. I found a picture of a frog, reproduced him in fabric and set him into the palm of her hand. The hearts are raw-edge appliqué and the words, "kiss me" are hand embroidered in hand-dyed floss. After stitching each piece into place, I free-motion quilted around each image.
I decided to make a second quilt for the back. I translated "Kiss Me" into 30 different languages and then chose the ones that I wanted to add to the back panel. The words were printed onto fabric, added to the background fabric with Wonder Under, then appliqué, as were the hearts. I machine stitched around the translations using a tiny zig-zig stitch and stitched around the hearts and the label.
What a fun, whimsical, and delightful interpretation of our theme word! I personally never got beyond the knee-jerk definition of "translate," but seeing your quilt opens all sorts of windows for me with this word!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute Carolyn- I love both sides. The frog and princess illustrations are fabulous! and The translations on the back add such a fun touch! As always you outdo yourself. :)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is so whimsical. I love the frog and the lips. Such fun. I enjoy the back and all the translations.
ReplyDeleteLove both puckered up frog and princess! What fun this is, and looks like you had a good time creating it also. Just makes me smile!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun piece - I would like to just ditto what everyone else has said.
ReplyDeleteSo cute and charming!!! Love the puckered lips and hair.
ReplyDeleteYou really got everything right here! It is just adorable and I love how you used angelina fibers. Next years Dallas theme is "Funny Quilts" I hope you create one of your adorable ones for it, because your sense of humor just tickles my funny bone.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! I love that you stated the obvious, that sometimes, no translation is needed. You did a great job illustrating the puckered lips and using the angelina fibers was inspired.
ReplyDeleteLove. love this! Exquisite use of every technique here to give a total whole that is right on the mark - no translation needed in our culture to immediately feed in the words to a story portrayed here on how a frog might get to be translated to a prince. The detail on the back is over the top wonderfulness. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! So much attention to detail. I love the look and the idea! Great job.
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