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| In Dreams I Drifted Away |
I am happy to share with you my latest work,
In Dreams I Drifted Away. It's part of my
River series of art quilts about the Susquehanna River. Many of them reference a dream. The title for this one seems self-explanatory, but is open to diverse interpretations. My views on it evolved as I was designing and constructing it.
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| In Dreams I Drifted Away, detail 1 |
The center panel is a pieced from wool felt and various silks. The center portion is heavily needlefelted and embellished with silk, wool, and mylar fibers. The borders were hand embroidered. This was slow, meditative work.
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| In Dreams I Drifted Away, detail 2 |
The top portion was also slowly constructed over time. Each of the hexagons was basted over a paper template, then hand stitched to the others with the English paper piecing method. The background for this section is Mysore silks.
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| In Dreams I Drifted Away, detail 3 |
I mono-printed the ripples for the side and bottom borders onto cotton sateen. I added couched threads the length of the quilt to add to the sense of movement.
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| In Dreams I Drifted Away, detail 4 |
It's 60" high by 45" wide. Enjoy!
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| In Dreams I Drifted Away, detail 5 |
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here. And as always, thanks for reading and commenting.
