This quilt of fantastical flowers made in 2012 is very current because hand embroidery seems to be the "in" thing right now: Gillian was ten years ahead of the trend. Lovely soft colors of thread against a screen printed square. She made a good choice to use the same fabric for binding to blend in with the background. The flowers seem ready to float off into the air.
"Fantastical Garden" Gillian Moss - La Jolla, CA 2012
12" x 12" Screen printing, hand embroidered, hand quilted.
Gillian says this piece started out as a pure experiment as she was thinking of doing something for the SAQA online auction. She worked on it in the evening while her husband watched TV and it became a special quilt with the colors and the thoughts that accompanied her stitching.
Many different colors of thread used and a signature done with fabric marker.
The screened background in green and blue allows areas for the flowers to bloom.
Straight stitches, cross stitches, back stitches, stem stitches, running stitches, fly stitches, single chain stitches - done in perle cotton and sewing cotton threads.
Gillian does very even, elegant stitching.
And she is not afraid to show the back of her emroidery work - hurrah, Gillian.
On her label she uses a hand cut stamp of a house resembling her home in Dublin, Ireland and hand prints the information needed - including her website URL. A way for people interested in her work to contact her. www.mossartquilts.com
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1 comment:
Beautiful! I love hand sewing....moves slow enough to think and plan and work with great accuracy! Thanks so much for sharing.
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