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Just a few thoughts or notes on ongoing projects.

September 11th, 2018

9/11/2018

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The challenge issued by Anne - current Chair of Bristol Quilters - was to make a quilt (no particular size) that must in some way be weather-related and must also use a piece of the fabric issued at random - I got a piece of red and white spotted fabric.

I like a bit of drama, so a storm seemed appropriate.  I also like buildings and perspective and so the idea for my quilt began to ferment in my mind.  I wanted some relevant text in the piece and so used the quote "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain".  I know this has been used over and over, but it is still relevant and I like it. 


The plan was to paint the background in murky, rainy colours - very muted.  The sky was to be dark and stormy with a flash of light to show up the figures dancing in the rain.  I also wanted to put in silhouettes of figures huddled against the weather - again to create a contrast with the (hopefully) exuberant dancing pair. 
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I started with a rough drawing, marking in the perspective lines.

I wanted a large area of sky so I could emphasise the storm and create a bit of drama.

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​Next I took a photo of my drawing and, using an upsizing app on the Mac, I scaled it to the size I wanted.  (the finished quilt is 20" X 28")

I pinned this onto my design wall and started playing with positioning of the text and various anonymous figures.

Putting something weighty in the bottom of a piece helps with the perspective and anchors the picture.

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This doesn't look very impressive but is the beginning of getting the lines and some colour onto the cloth.





Below is the finished quilt.

I played around with some colour to represent reflections in the wet street and made sure I used the red and white spotty fabric.  I had thought of using it for umbrellas, but that seemed just too obvious.  

I quite like the little bit in the binding to balance the red in the quilt.

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Dancing in the Rain.
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