rryder

Thanks, I don’t have the exact measurements but it’s around 32”x36” or thereabouts. First, Dan did a digital collage of several of his photos and a monoprint and had that printed on fabric (spoonflower). I sandwiched it using a double layer of batting- bottom layer is bamboo and top is wool so it made a very thick sandwich, spray basted and also pin basted for extra stabilization. Used 100wt and 60wt thread throughout the quilting. 1st step in quilting was to outline the parts that I wanted to come forward- these were then left alone so the wool batting would give a trapunto effect. 2nd step was to fmq some flower and plantlike imagery to form the midground (the iris- like plant on the right side is an example) the quilting on these was a little more dense than the forground, so they don’t stick out as much- these serve as a bridge between the foreground and backgound. 3rd step was to do the dense quilting in the background- since the imagery is landscapey, I decided I wanted to do something that was reminiscent of topographic maps or of aerial views of the lanscape. That helped me decide how to divide the background space up (I used my ruler foot and a straight ruler to help keep the lines straight in places) then I doodled my way around the quilt. Finally, I did a small ampunt of thread painting using a black thread in the leaves at the very bottom of the quilt to help them stand out a little more and also some thread painted fern/plant shapes in the lower right corner with black thread to add some interest and to tone down the green.

All done on my PQ1500s.

Rob