When I first thought about reflection I was planning on creating a quilt from a water reflection. I have been working on that technique. About a month ago I was walking with my daughter and husband around Boston near where she lived. We were enjoying that beautiful day. At one point I turned around and saw the reflection in the Prudential Building. I stopped a took a photograph. It was so striking. Thinking about how to recreate it. I decided to use Kathy Loomis's fine line piecing technique. It was quite a challenge creating the building and keeping everything lined up and straight. It's not quite straight :) You can see the begining stitching below.
For the reflection I enlarged my photograph to the same size, scanned it and printed the image on Printed Treasures. It was an interesting challenge.
Tricia, I love this! I have a similar of photo, taken in Houston during Festival several years ago, and I didn't even think to use it. You have done such an outstanding job, and I really appreciate all the details telling us HOW you created this wonderful quilt! Thanks for that and for a lovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteWow! I'd want to see this in person to see "how did she do that". Can't even imagine the work involved. Very effective! Isn't this a great place to experiment?
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done - it looks like it took a long time and was quite tedious!! But very effective. I love using photographs as inspiration - it's so challenging and satisfying to successfully transfer an image from one medium to another!!
ReplyDeleteWow! I tried that skinny line technique recently and thought when I was through, "Don't think so". It was such a challenge. You really did well. I love the reflections on those buildings. bravo
ReplyDeletethis came out great! Lots of cutting and piecing. Excellent use of many techniques
ReplyDeleteWow Tricia, this looks like a lot of tedious work. I love how it turned out. I can clearly see the reflections in the building. Great job!
ReplyDeleteSkinny piecing is not an easy one and you did a great job! I like all the colors you used to make it so vibrant.
ReplyDeleteI love your piece. I was not familiar with Kathy Loomis technique of skinny piecing. There is a lot of detail in your work - and this is great.
ReplyDeleteVery nice interpretation. Lots of work!
ReplyDeleteTricia I love the subject matter and I am entranced on how you made this happen.
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