A 3rd Figure Drawing on Fabric
After months of delay, I made another quilt journal page today, my 3rd for the week. I really wanted to play with some of my figure drawing images on fabric, but just couldn't get started. I'm sure that I was afraid that I couldn't successfully make what was in my mind. So I had to force myself to select an image, resize it, print it, and pretend that I was just going to practice some stitching. Of course I got excited when I started and now I think I'll be able to continue work on this series.
I am exploring ways to transfer figure drawings of a pregnant model to fabric and only using my own dyed fabrics for the quilt. The image on the right was a watercolor and ink drawing I did in my sketchbook of a sculpture by the Israeli artist Ruth Bloch. I transferred the JPEG to EQ Printable fabric with an Epson photo printer. The seated figure was a fused applique using WonderUnder. The image was stitched using free motion quilting.
Size 8.5 X 11 inches
Comments
This is so very cool!!!
Posted by: Carol C. | September 10, 2010 9:41 PM
This is excellent - love the composition, the creative colors and shapes - this is so excellent that I don't know what to say! Wow. I understand freezing - wanting everything to be just so. This happens to me all of the time. I am glad you worked through it because the result is astounding!
Posted by: Dan Kent | September 11, 2010 9:33 AM
I'm loving your quilt journal pages, as well as, your drawings and watercolors! Thanks for sharing pictures and processes! :)
Posted by: Sharon | September 11, 2010 10:00 AM
So wonderful. Of course I ran upstairs to find the big set of fabric paints that I already had and hadn't used. Soon, I will try fabric painting and stitching technique. But, this piece raises the bar!
Posted by: Sandra Torguson | September 11, 2010 10:52 AM
What a wonderful project. I'm so glad you're moving forward with it. It's just spectacular! nancy
Posted by: nancy t | September 11, 2010 11:19 AM
Beautiful colors and composition on this!
Posted by: Raena | September 11, 2010 5:22 PM
Another great little quilt. It's really neat you've found a way to enjoy the figurine and sketches you've done before in this new way.
Posted by: Timaree (freebird) | September 11, 2010 9:45 PM
Wow! Shirley these quilts are fabulous (and I'm not even a quilt fan!) - I really like what you've done with them ad the fluidity of your figure.
Posted by: Sarah | September 13, 2010 6:41 AM