I started out on making a new quilt for the BAMQ display at the San Mateo County Fair by piecing together the backing out of some FQs that I know I'll never use and a few scraps. I also pieced the batting too. Approaching the quilt making endeavor by fooling around with the basically non-creative part of the process is sometimes how I actually manage to get myself going. The title of our display is From Modern Art to Modern Quilt. We are using the inspiration of modern art to inspire us to make a modern quilt. I don't think the quilt I'm making is strictly a "modern quilt", but hopefully that's okay.
I've decided to try and do a quilt that is inspired by the works of California painter, Richard Diebenkorn, specifically
his Ocean Park series. I first did a sketch to work from,
And now I've started choosing and cutting some of the fabrics that I'll be using.Mostly using my own hand-dyed cottons, along with several layers of sheers. Still casting about for a title.
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