Friday 30 March 2012

Inspired by -- Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

5 comments:

  1. The colours are so lovely together. I must go and look up this artist.
    Irene MacWillaim

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  2. I agree, Irene, the colours are lovely. Is that a piece of hand-dyed fabric hiding behind the squares? I really like the little stars stitched in the centre of each of the smaller pieces.
    Mandy Hague

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  3. I never heard of this artist, but I love what you did with this piece.

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  4. Thank you all for your kind comments, the background fabric is tray-dyed cotton, dyed with acid lemon, royal blue and a little turquoise, you may see this again in a different guise as it's cut from a much larger piece! I love hand dyed fabrics and invariably use them if I can. I work with Linda Maynard for a day once every two months and her constant encouragement leads me to try out new techniques and colour mixes. At the moment I have dyed three shades of golden yellow, four pieces of each shade and am now over dyeing them with three shades of mauve in mixes of 2 of Royal Blue to 1 of Magenta. I can't wait to see the results when they are washed dried and ironed.

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  5. I'm another one who was not familiar with this artist. I love how your were inspired by her work. And thanks for introducing her to us! Checked out her work....so many wonderful pieces! It's a beautiful quilt!

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