And on we go... another Meditation In Purple and Gold quilt. I knew I had run out of one of the three fabrics I was using, but when I went up to make some more 'sketches', I realised that I had effectively run out of two of the three. So this quilt is completely different in colour, tone and feel. The blues are greener than this image suggests...the whole thing has a definite beach/sea feel to it in the original.
So where's the red herring? It's the second new fabric, a fish batik print. Cut in narrow strips, as in this quiltlet, it is abstract, and therefore fits the bill for this quilt. Making a second quilt, however, showed that it was too small a print to be used in larger strips. The fish 'read' as fish in larger strips, which was not the effect I wanted... so this will be the only variant using these fabrics.
I hope you are enjoying the development of this series of sketches as much as I am. I've felt a need to hand stitch recently, and it's certainly fulfilling that particular need... I'll show you tomorrow what the substitute fabric is, and the results.
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