Using Those Lines

I recently took a class, with Rosalie Dace, focused on the use of lines in quilts. Coincidentally, I had a guild challenge to “make something” out of some fabric we had “modified” in a class at a previous guild meeting.

Those are permanent wrinkles in the fabric, which is the desired modification. I must say that everyone else’s wrinkles were in a more regular pattern–I had trouble with the technique. However, the most frequent critique of my art quilts is that they should be “freer” with less predictable regularity, so this certainly is an “improvement” for me!

I got the piece built into a larger quilt square, layered with batting and backing, and started embellishing.

Then I wondered what else to do with it:

The center piece is a fabric”jewel” made in the same guild workshop

I decided on more lines! Here is the piece after adding more lines (sewn into the corners at irregular intervals!).

And I decided on multiple little beads instead of the big fabric “jewel”. When we shared our creations at guild, I found that other people had also set their squares on point, and one woman had then incorporated hers into a bag! Since the last thing I need is another art quilt, I think I will make this into a bag, too. And I’m thinking of attaching a tassel to that fabric jewel and hanging that on the bag as well. Stay tuned!

9 thoughts on “Using Those Lines”

Looks like a bag will be a great use of this square. I’m interested in the transformation of the purple fabric into the crumpled version you have. What’s the secret?

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zippyquilts on June 24, 2018 at 4:34 pm said:

Wet the fabric and poke pieces of it down into a cookie rack. Before removing it, iron a piece of fusible interfacing on the back 🙃

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- Melanie McNeil on June 24, 2018 at 11:03 pm said:
  
  OH!! That isn’t very hard, is it? Thanks for the info!