Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Quilt of the aerialist

I have been "working" on this piece for a while (since this past autumn, I believe). I took the photograph of an aerialist at an event at Smoke Farm a couple years ago. First, I worked on it in Photoshop - masked out the background, added the repeating textured background, filtered and adjusted the entire image. Next, I printed it on a Habotai silk specifically made to go through a printer (visit dharmatrading.com to see other fabrics that are ready to print in your printer). I then added quilt batting and backing. After that, I stitched the vertical lines. Finally, I added the binding. This is only the second time I've bound a quilt, so it's a bit of a struggle and a little wonky looking, but it does the trick. My final step will be to create a hanging loop to the back and add a dowel so I can hang the piece from the wall. 

I have another piece that includes the same woman in this position and two other positions. Eventually, I'll figure out how I'm going to turn it into something I can display.

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