I took the fabrics I had monoprinted and I cut them up and put them up on my design wall to create a background for my next art quilt. It was going to be a background for a rock cairn quilt and was going to be the first in a series of rock cairn quilts. But as it sits on the wall and I look at it and I look back at my prayer flag quilt with the monk on it, it seems that this background is asking for a monk to be put on it. Time will tell which way it goes.
So anyway, here are some photos of close-ups of some of the parts of the backgrounds. They will look much better once they are sewed down and quilted and I will probably use some sheers to help blend them together, also. You can visit the
Prayer Flag Quilt post on my earlier blog post to see how I use these monoprinted backgrounds on my quilts. I'm linking this to
http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/ so that you can visit several wonderful blogs about art quilts and make comments on their posts.
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| One part of the background |
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| Another part of the background |
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| Some strips with color contrast added on top |
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| Some color contrast added |
I like the feel of the fabrics. I could see a monk too!
ReplyDeleteI really like the feel of the fabrics, too. They make me feel serene. I think I've discovered the color way and patterns for my body of work. I'm sending out for a thermofax for an outline of my monk. Not sure if it will get used on this quilt, but it seems to be an image that calls to me.
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