Drawn To Leaves
Last year I purchased a Quilting Arts workshop DVD by Catherine Nicholls titled "Drawn to Pen and Ink." On it she explained how to display an image onto fabric via light box [or window], and then outline/transfer it in tiny dots, plus using dots to create shadows and veins. Catherine inspired me to use her drawing technique in this 12 x 12 inch piece - outlining the veins, shadows, and shape of photograph I took of a maple leaf I found in my yard last fall.
I used a piece of my own hand-painted turquoise and brown cotton on which to place the leaf, plus hand-dyed turquoise silk for the inset squares which were stamped with gold paint. Everything was machine-quilted.
Among my goals for my studio work this year is to use new techniques in my small studies, and to use at least one small study as the inspiration for a larger work.
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