The Plan

I wanted to share my current plan for the quilt series I've been talking about....I"m not sure it's been totally clear. And....now that I have a date for my little show it's time to get started.

The focal wall in Dr. Adams' office can handle an arrangement that's 84 inches long.  This picture below is from the show I had two years ago.

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Like I've said....I want to create a series of art quilts for this wall that work through spectrums of color and look good as a whole but sold individually.  They needed common elements and a unified feel. That's where the Kaffe Fassett stripes come in.

With a project like this in mind I've been collecting used (often ugly) canvas art at second hand stores for quite some time.  It's so easy to paint right over the old image...so why pay full price.  I love repurposing things and I didn't pay more than a few dollars for any....and some were free.

I've been playing around with fabric schemes and laid it all out on the floor in Maine this last weekend.  There isn't good light in this room so the flash distorted some of the colors.

The two larger canvases at the ends are 16 by 20....the others are various sizes and shapes. They will all get painted black and the quilts will be mounted on top.  The fabrics underneath represent a starting point for each quilt's scheme....pulled from a Kaffe Fasett stripe. I've already tweaked it a bit since this picture was taken and I'll keep tweaking as I go along. I'm still working on the actual quilt designs....but I'm getting close.

I'm going to start in the middle....the blue and green scheme which will go on the "Home is where my dog is" canvas. It happens to be Folt Bolts color scheme for February and it's the easiest scheme for me to work with.  It's looks like Kriszta's scheme was pulled right from this fabric.  Stay tuned.