My Journal Quilt for December is called December in the City. It was inspired by watching gulls reflected in the windows of a high-rise office building, but unfortunately at the time I didn't have a camera with me. I new that I had taken some photos of reflections in high-rise offices, and also of some seagulls at the coast. I printed off a photo manipulated in Photo Shop, cut it up and laminated it onto some fabric that I had screen printed in dark green. The gulls were cut from a used colour catcher and bonded onto the surface before being machine stitched down. I hand stitched some areas for contrast, and machine embroidered other areas with metallic threads for a bit of seasonal bling!.I finished it off by cutting some Christmas tree shapes from scraps of fabric and appliqueing them along the bottom.
I am fascinated by reflections and you have made great use of them in this piece.
ReplyDeleteHi Cath, I love this month's Journal. Brilliant!!!
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Thank you both. I'm thinking that I may make reflections my theme for next years JQ's. I'm also fascinated by the patterns and shapes that occur.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDeleteWell done for finishing the year with such a lovely JQ.
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