3 Studios Art Quilt Challenge - Rhythm
Introduction
Yes, it is that time again, time for the 3 Studios Art Quilt Challenge. This time the word is rhythm. Of course, I need to get going to finish it by the end of the month! I've chosen an easy approach to this quilt because my title is Summer Rhythms. During the summer around the house, we have a different schedule and by June everyone is into the summer rhythms of slightly different activities. I've chosen to highlight three activities: gardening, music and hiking. Yes, I know music is a school year activity, too, but the children have pieces to practice over the summer.
To start, I've printed pictures of the three activities on white and colored cotton - it is what I had prepared for printing, so that's what I used. Probably not the best color choices, but this is the easy, summer approach to quilt making! I then asked my daughter to pick out fabrics from my collection that felt like summer to her. Once we made a final decision on which fabrics to include, I made a collage with all the fabrics and pictures.
The fabric pieces are not stitched or fused down in any way yet. I plan to use decorative stitches to secure all the edges and quilt it all in one pass. I plan to let my daughter pick out the threads and stitches - should be interesting. I'll rough finish the edges and be done!
That's the easy summer approach. Maybe I'll let my daughter add embellishments if she wants.
Parting Shot: Red Lily. This is the first red lily I've had bloom. This was one of those three mystery plants I had earlier this spring. My daughter planted them and we forgot about them - in fact I don't think they came up the first spring they were in the ground.
3 comments:
What a treasure "Summer Rhythm" will be. The photo pieces-- neat-o! The closest I'm getting to quilting is the yo-yo quilt I have planned, one for each child. I found a very old one in an antique shop over the weekend and was inspired to press on toward a completed quilt, a new challenge. Your posts are inspiring for your readers like that. Idea: a post about a typical summer day (activities and how you squeeze in your projects), a school-year day (ditto), etc. We "aged"-- which is to say those older than the younger-- women teach time management skills. We model proper priorties regarding womanhood, being a loving mate and parent as we "look well to the ways of our household." Good job!
This quilt will be a special one I think. The photos will bring back lots of memories in the future.
The lily is a beauty. What a sweet surprise! Your project has heirloom possibilities for sure, a treasure in the making.
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