again i am using the term nine patch loosely, 9 squares of a yarn dyed windowpane. i thought what if i use a sheer plaid? what if i draw circles in the squares since i've been focusing on dots? and then what if i use the back side so the circles are more faded than the yarn dyed grid. just for some dimension. and what if i fold it over on itself, rematching the lines so the grid is intact but the circled overlap and show through? ....after folding i cut a nine square section and quilted it down to a linen backing. the fold line was blind stitched in place to stay put.
i like how the shadowed overlap looks like moon phases. the fabric is thin enough so the fold has no real bulk. about 4" square without border. cotton voile plaid on linen. laundry marker.
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what if #140: shifted motifs
....just simply drawing with marker on fabric, chopping it up and playing with piecing it back together. sometimes upside down. i like very much the upside down . laundry marker on cotton yarn dyed oxford shirting . recycled. not stitched yet. what if i do that?
what if #141: floating intersections
....to continue on the idea of dots and grids, i asked what if the grid itself is a dot? intersecting woven lines pieced into a dotted sheer jacquard clip spot. all fabrics are sheer cotton. free machine pieced. seam pressed out flat.
what if #142: a crazy memory
what if (?) i combine something very old ( the baby shirt front i made 30 years ago) with something new (a computer printed study for my new quilt -coma) and make some kind of crazy memory piece where the past is part of the present. what if i frame the past with the present? continued here
what if #143: combining 2 things
....my question is what if(?) i combine two types of textiles. one over the other. in concept.
antique linen embroidery over old cotton hand pieced patchwork, using a double exposure computer graphics tool. just to get the idea. to be executed real time soon. isn't this cool? it make me ask what if the quilting pattern or embroidery has no planned placement over the patchwork? that could work.