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Whale Watching

BarbaraZuazua
BarbaraZuazua
Whale Watching - This idea was inspired by a very artistic brick wall I saw. Right away I could see it turned into a quilt. I started by drawing some curvey horizonal lines and then filling in with skewed vertical lines. I realized right away that this would have to be foundation pieced. So, I redrew it on a large piece of packing paper, marked curves, numbered the horizonal strips, made a map and started cutting out the long horizonal strips. Then I just sewed scrap pieces one after the next. I tried to stay in the blue/grey/black/green families to help identify a whale. If you notice a natural eye just happened to appear. I thought it looked like a close up of a whale. In quilting I only quilted the horizonal lines by couching silver metalic embroidery floss. I'm not certain if I'm finished with this one yet.

Added: Oct 18, 2007

 

Owned By Barbara Zuazua
Name of Maker Barbara Zuazua
Year Made 2007
Year Made is: Certain
Located in City Amityville
Located in State PA
Located in Country US
Condition of Quilt Mint
Design Source Adapted Original Design
Design Source - Based On A brick wall
Design Source - Description This idea was inspired by a very artistic brick wall I saw. Right away I could see it turned into a quilt. I started by drawing some curvey horizonal lines and then filling in with skewed vertical lines. I realized right away that this would have to be foundation pieced. So, I redrew it on a large piece of packing paper, marked curves, numbered the horizonal strips, made a map and started cutting out the long horizonal strips. Then I just sewed scrap pieces one after the next. I tried to stay in the blue/grey/black/green families to help identify a whale. If you notice a natural eye just happened to appear. I thought it looked like a close up of a whale.

In quilting I only quilted the horizonal lines by couching silver metalic embroidery floss.

I'm not certain if I'm finished with this one yet.
Genre Art Quilt
Quilt Type Wall Quilt
Quilt Width 22 3/4
Quilt Height 32 1/2
Measurement In: Inches
Fabric Used 100% Commercial Cotton
Fabric Used - Other Desc. bits of velvet, rayons, silks here and there
Construction Technique Pieced
Piecing By Machine
Applique by None
Types of Quilting Quilted on domestic machine, Other Method
Types of Quilting - Other Method couching with embroidery floss

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