Material Mavens: Tricia's Joy Quilt

Monday, October 15, 2018

Tricia's Joy Quilt - Marley's Joy

This is my daughter and her husband's dog Marley. Marley just loves the snow. This photograph was taken by another daughter of Marley out for a walk in the snow. Her expressions is of pure joy! Thinking about this theme I thought of this photograph and felt it was the perfect picture to create.

I decided to give thread painting a try. I took a class from Jennifer Day several years ago. I dug out her book to reread. I had the photo printed on fabric and went to work.

Here is detail of the thread painting.

I am amazed how much thread goes into the thread painting. This was a fun project.

Here is a picture of the back which show how much thread there is.

5 comments:

Nedra WeaverOctober 15, 2018 at 12:14 PM
Yes!! Pure joy and so well done Marley looks lifelike!! Wonderful job!
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AnonymousOctober 15, 2018 at 2:27 PM
Trying again, Tricia, this is Alice. I can only post as Anonymous! I love your thread painting of Marley. You and Nedra are definitely inspiring me to try thread painting a photo! Yours turned out so well, and I love that you showed us the back!
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AndreaOctober 15, 2018 at 2:52 PM
This is the face of one very happy, joyful dog getting to play in the snow! Great photo and amazing thread painting. Hopefully you enjoyed the technique and will do more!
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Kathy HarteOctober 15, 2018 at 3:21 PM
Hi Tricia ... WOW ! Great story, and Fantastic thread portrait of Marley ! Yes.... Thread Painting uses lots of thread, and takes up lots of time, but the finished product is SOOOOO WORTH IT ! Congratulations on this really great quilt :-D
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Carolyn HensonOctober 17, 2018 at 11:25 AM
Tricia - great job! I was going to try thread painting my dog, but then couldn't bring myself to give it a try. Congratulations, you succeeded!
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Themes for the Quilts

Below are the themes on which our quilts have been based:

Round One Quilts

9/15/11 Harmony

11/15/15 Surprise

1/15/12 South
3/15/12 Element
5/15/12 Mystery
7/15/12 Daydream
9/15/12 Spiral
11/15/12 Travel
1/15/13 Interwoven
3/15/13 Communication
5/15/13 Canyon

7/15/13 Cell

9/15/13 Green

11/15/13 Comfort

1/15/14 Strong

3/15/14 Translate

5/15/14 Spring

7/15/14 Friendship

Round Two Quilts

10/15/14 Contrast

1/15/15 Modern
4/15/15 Neighbor
7/15/15 Time
10/15/15 Circle(s)
1/15/16 Pun

4/15/16 Doodle

7/15/16 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

10/15/16 Reflection

1/15/17 Boundaries

4/15/17 Quote

7/15/17 Space

10/15/17 Reach

1/15/18 Rock

4/15/18 Blues

THE MATERIAL MAVENS

We are a group of art quilters who come from various parts of the United States, from the East coast and then south to Arkansas and Texas. We were inspired by the original Twelve by Twelve international art quilting group.

Beginning in September, 2011, we started posting our 12"x 12" art quilts, which were based on themes chosen in turn by our members. For Round One, we posted quilts every two months, always on the 15th of the designated months.

Round Two of The Material Mavens began in October, 2014. Some changes were made: quilts were posted every three months, and the quilts could be be either 12"x 12" or rectangular ones measuring 11" x 14", either horizontal or vertical in orientation.

Round Three of The Material Mavens began in July, 2018. Again, changes have been made. Now those members who wish to stay affiliated with the group are free to post quilts every time or every now and then. Two, our blog administrator collected suggested themes from the members who wanted to remain affiliated. These themes were then pulled at random from a "hat," and they were then assigned in order for the posting dates. Since we had 13 members who wanted to remain, we will be posting quilts every 3 months until 2021! This date is significant and appropriate, because 2021 will be the 10th year that our group has been in existence.

MEMBERS REMAINING

1. Alice Baird (Waco, TX) (abaird125@gmail.com)

2. Andrea Willey (MA)
3. Carolyn Henson (TX) (cjhenson214@gmail.com)

5. Gail Bradney (AR)
6. Jane Hartfield (AR) (arkjjhart@mynewroads.com)
7. Judy Steward (TX)
8. Kathy Harte (TX)

9. Karen Pulaski
10. Sara Norris (TX)
11. Tricia Deck (Lincoln, (MA)

12. Teresa Schlabach (AR)

13. Nedra Weaver