Best quilt of 2019!
Monday, November 4th, 2019
This 5 x 5″ framed quilt was my best composition of 2019. It also tells the story of new making techniques that I began using this year, building on my fascination with white line printing.
The quilt started with carving wood blocks for printing. One was made for ‘white line’ prints – everything except the branches in this case, which are the white fabric shining through the printing inks. The other block cut away the background, so that the ink created the trunk and branches of the tree. I have used silkscreened patterns before, but this was my first effort with block printing.
The ombre (graduated) stripes were a commercial fabric that picked up the vertical elements in the two printed blocks. For some other designs, I have printed directly on the ombre fabric, with happy results.
For a quilter with a wood shop, I suppose that block printing is the obvious combination of media. As I increase in skill and vision, I hope to move on from this tiny format into bigger works with more to say.