I made this colorwash back in the early 1990's, my first experience in that technique with fabrics other than floral calicoes. I had just taken a workshop that encouraged us not to let a piece of art become so precious to us that we feared adding something more to it. I decided to add applique and since I love triangles that seemed the natural choice. I have been asked many times why I didn't leave the applique off. The only answer is nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I like this piece a lot and it hangs in my dining room/gallery.
After I loosely zigzagged with clear thread around the triangles, I couched rayon ribbon floss over that stitching.
Some of the triangles look transparent, almost as if you left a see-through ruler sitting atop the quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt looks so perfect I can't imagine it without the triangles.
ReplyDeleteI like the appliqued triangles. Wonderful risk you took there!
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