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Saturday 6 March 2021

Time worn door, Labrousse


   Years ago I took these photos of an old door  in the hamlet in Limousin where my father-in-law came from. I was attracted to the textures of the peeling paint and rust on the wood and the iron bars. I knew that I wanted to use them for this quilt when I came across them in my collection of photos.




  I had two ideas that I wanted to try out, so I decided to make a double sided quilt. I made up a quilt sandwich, so that all the edges were finished before I started to quilt (no facing sitting around for ever afterwards waiting to be finished off!) After quilting I used Markal Paintstiks to colour one side This reminds  me more  of a tree trunk, than a door. The photo looks as though it is out of focus, but it looks a little fuzzy in real life.



   I used gesso and acrylic paint to add colour to the other side of the door.





   I made rusty iron bars out of crinkled brown paper glued to felt, and used a faux rust paint technique that I found by chance on internet. I was going to use paper fasteners for the bolts, but when Phil posted her quilt and I saw that she had used buttons, I thought I would have a look in my button box. I found six red fabric covered buttons that were ideal. I just needed to give them the faux rust treatment.




   I enjoyed making this quilt. It was very much an experiment, and I'm pleased that it came out as well as it did.



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5 comments:

  1. Dianne Robinson6 March 2021 at 20:13

    You've done a great job replicating the look of the door- the colours are beautiful and so are the lines. I like the back side too, but the turquoise on the front really sings.

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  2. Hilary7 March 2021 at 08:12

    That is so effective, Jinnie. Congrats. I love your methodology - thanks for explaining. You very brave taking the risk of working on a 'finished piece' but it paid off. I can totally understand why you were drawn to the door in the first place. Hilary
    PS Curious about faux rust technique.

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    1. Jinnie7 March 2021 at 08:23

      I didn't feel at all brave as I was considering it as an experimental piece, so it was easy to splash on the gesso and paint. I think that if I'd been decided it was going to be a work of art, I'd have been a little more worried about it! The faux rust technique is in this short video:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9Xz9bn9wE
      I didn't have everything used in the video, so adapted it to what I have. I used modelling paste instead of texture sand paste, mixed a gray from black and white, and used a yellow that was as close to the one in the video as possible.

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  3. Linda7 March 2021 at 09:25

    The faux rust technique worked very well, and the contrast between the rusted hinge and the turquoise on the door brings the piece alive. The original door is so French - I've seen countless like them and love them!

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  4. Phil Fisher7 March 2021 at 09:32

    Amazing result, Jinnie. Love your door. Thanks for sharing your techniques.

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