Quilt Top, Batting, Backing and More


Today, was one of those days when life interferes with art.

Grocery shopping, workmen, gardeners, howling dogs, and elderly mother acting out. Life.

So, I got as far as cutting the quilt backing material, lining up the quilt top, batting and backing, and that was it on the quilt. This is the image above

Between grocery shopping and the rest of the stuff, I did manage to rinse the fabric I put into low water immersion dye baths yesterday.



One piece of fabric is the same old piece I've been talking about and showed images of yesterday after block printing. The second section of this piece I decided to dye one more time (could this possibly be the seventh dye bath?).

I think these two pieces will be a pair. The diamond motif on the first is an African symbol from a symbolic group of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. The symbols are called Adinkra. The diamond shape represents the four points of life.



On this piece, I'm thinking of using two blocks. Both are so called paisley motifs. Paisley is the name of the Scottish town where this traditional Arabic motif was woven into shawls. If you take a close look at the motif you will see that is actually a stylistic representation of a leaf. This would be in holding with the Muslim prohibition on figurative representation.



The second set of images are the new quilt top for the yasmintoo etsy shop. For a moment last month, I thought about using these fabric pieces for a line of clothing. I love clothes. But realized that I have not overcome one single issue that I've always had with running lines of clothing. Most important, I do not have the time or energy to sew art garments myself and the time necessary for a productive collaboration has to be factored into the schedule.



All this to say that this piece went back into the dye baths because current garment fabric is minimalist and contemporary art quilts can be as complex as I desire to make them. Fuchsia and white was not talking to me.

I'm now a contributing editor to Valley Fiber Life. More on that tomorrow. I am honored to have been asked and look forward to making a useful contribution.

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