Blue and Gold

 

art quilt, 53" x 35"

 

 

 

Artist's Statement

Blue And Gold has this title because it is mostly created with blue fabrics and accented with blue / gold beads, antique gold buttons, blue / gold trim and threads. The quilt was predestined to hang in a room with the blue and gold theme. The blue fabrics used in the quilt are also used in the room in which it hangs. There are also gold fabrics such as lame and sequined material.

The large vintage buttons are gold and set with faux diamonds making this quilt sparkle. Because the shanks of the buttons would have made them wobble on the quilt, I created ruched fabric to go around them. These circles keep the buttons in place securely and add an interesting dimensional textured border around them. There are glass beads sewn all over the surface as well as round and star-shaped sequins which add more sparkle.

All of the seams are embellished with heavy thread-work (12 wt. cotton), braids, trims, multi-cording (with pearl cotton), or ric rac (some of which is braided to create a two-toned effect). Since the seams run predominately vertically and horizontally, I couched various decorative cords across some of the blocks to add different wavey angles.

To add more surface texture, I wrinkled the gold fabrics which are kept that way with iron-on stabilizers. There is a long tasseled cord hanging folded over on itself (tassels at both ends) on the right edge of the quilt, secured with dangling beadwork. To balance that off, there is a one inch wide metallic blue and gold trim sewn the full length on the left edge of the quilt. I considered these two elements enough of a border for this piece.

It is freemotion stipple quilted.

Because this quilt is constructed out of many of the fabrics found elsewhere in the room, it matches the owner's decor perfectly.

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