When Dianne announced 'Yellow' I didn't have a flood of ideas but I loved the thought of being able to choose more than one shade. I have long admired simple collages and pieces with clean lines so this was the route I took. I pulled out all my scraps of yellow, auditioned and rejected some and settled on this combination hoping that I had enough contrast and variety.
The black scribble-circle took almost as long to do as the rest of the quilt. It is a piece of fancy knitting yarn and none of the feet I have for my sewing machine worked in stitching it down in a smooth curve. In the end it was pinned with lots and lots of pins and stitched carefully.
The letters in the middle are stamped acrylic print paint.
I am not totally happy with the edge treatment in that I still feel I should have used a deep corn coloured thread instead of the blue (taken from the blue wavy stripe). I used a fancy stitch to hold the gold coloured cord on the edge of the piece. I feel it draws my eye to the edge and I don't think it is always necessary to 'frame' a piece. It goes to show that although I made several samples I wasn't able to see the end effect until it was too late. Fiddly but I will do this again.
This has been a really good series and I've enjoyed it and the places it has taken me. I've loved seeing what everyone else has done and often thought - Oh, I wish I had thought of that! or Wow!
Hilary
I do like this Hilary - very fresh and interesting. Looks like a lot of work and thought went into this piece. I especially like the lines encircling the word/s, it brings the whole piece together.
ReplyDeleteI really like the edge treatment Hilary, you'll have to show me how you did it some time. Looks very neat and interesting. I also like the stitching on each fabric, and the lines and letters finish it off perfectly.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece, Hilary. A poster for yellow! The edge treatment is very interesting, but I do agree with you that the blue, though a good choice, was maybe not the best choice for the edge. I find it conflicts with the black of the scribble. The jaunty text nicely expresses the sunny aspect of yellow.
ReplyDeleteThe edging is superb, looks like zipper teeth at first. Good idea to use several shades of yellow. I also enjoyed being able to use any shade of yellow.
ReplyDeleteThe time you took over the scribble circle was well worth it for the impact it has.
ReplyDeleteLove the fact that your text has the same scribble quality, I can well imagine that the basics of this piece could work for other themes too.
I like your piece Hilary, the background, the letters, the circle - they all go together really well. And I like the edge too - please tell us how you did it.
ReplyDeleteThe edge is similar to the kind where you add a twisted mix of threads to the edge of a piece and zigzag stitch across the edge of the piece and the threads to hold all together. But this time I used one of the embroidery stitches included in the machine's library. It's one where there is a block of satin stitch to the right and then a block to the left(two row checkerboard), but I saw a demo where the Bernina lady used a scallop stitch and it looked stunning. I did run a line of an open satin stitch around the edge of my piece first to stop any fraying. Then it's a case of working slowly and holding the cord/twisted threads close to the piece while you stitch. Just adjust the stitch width to cover the cord/thread and enough of the piece.
DeleteI think it's worth trying out. The cord I have is about the thickness of the piece and is a glossy cord - sorry I have no idea what it is called.
I love love love this piece Hilary! The text, the black egg scribble, the edge treatment. It all works together to create tremendous impact.
DeleteThanks, Helena. Ha, ha - are we singing off the same hymn sheet (love, love, love)?
DeleteEverything to love about this piece.Lovely contrasts and the scribble with bouncy text inside is inspired!
ReplyDeleteI like the simplicity of this and the contrast between the straight and curved lines.I wish I had made it! The edging is lovely, though as you say the blue is maybe a little distracting. Would it not have been easier to hand couch the yarn circle?
ReplyDeleteI did think of hand couching but I would still have had to pin it down and getting my hand round to the middle would have meant rolling it and... I used to have some Roxanne's glue which I could have used to spot glue it down but it's long gone.
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