tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post4987707479720403439..comments2023-06-18T03:10:12.378-05:00Comments on Fast Friday Fabric Challenge: Geologic WonderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-54515983735631390272010-07-07T15:49:28.654-05:002010-07-07T15:49:28.654-05:00Thank you all for your input. I do wish I had mad...Thank you all for your input. I do wish I had made the borders narrower or left it borderless.<br /><br />BettyBetty Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897182391130667168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-35133326289865111302010-07-02T16:12:47.418-05:002010-07-02T16:12:47.418-05:00Your mountain and the blue strata are wonderful. T...Your mountain and the blue strata are wonderful. The use of the feathers for bushes is unexpected and works. The papertowels - terrific. I agree with the others about the red border, but can see that you had some fun extending the mountain and feathers into it. I wonder if we wouldn't feed differently if that red border was narrower. Also, at first I was distracted by the background, thinking at first it was part of the quilt and wasn't it interesting that you included some piping away from the edge. (That is probably more about my eyes than the work.)<br /><br />I enjoyed your work very much.<br /><br /><br />I enjoyedBetty Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05249834253546474318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-37479585009355950542010-07-01T19:45:49.530-05:002010-07-01T19:45:49.530-05:00I love your mountain and the strata it sits on. I...I love your mountain and the strata it sits on. I agree with others about the red repeated in the strata. I love the granite looking border, but wonder if the wide red borders tend to detract from rather than add to the overall composition?<br />CherieCherie in Del Marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232111354262007447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-32100506392782411022010-07-01T11:57:34.285-05:002010-07-01T11:57:34.285-05:00Very nice texture, the paper towel makes a perfect...Very nice texture, the paper towel makes a perfect mountain. I agree that a bit of red in the blue strata would perhaps give it more zing then the three red borders. To me the borders look 'unfinished'? Overall though I love your use of color in this piece, very nice job on this challenge.Art by Rhoda Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344536110987658212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-5552490114246543122010-06-30T11:59:42.904-05:002010-06-30T11:59:42.904-05:00Betty
Ah, OK I understand that you wanted to repea...Betty<br />Ah, OK I understand that you wanted to repeat the color of the rock. It is good design practice to repeat elements. However I think I would have introduced some of the red into the blue earth layers instead of using them to frame the piece. I do like the curve bottom edge though. <br /><br />Kathy Walkerfastfridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596446372371371290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-29543085220725559362010-06-30T09:45:43.341-05:002010-06-30T09:45:43.341-05:00Thank you for your comments and your questions.
I...Thank you for your comments and your questions.<br /><br />I used the red border because there was a tinge of that color in the mountain and only on three sides to just make it different<br /><br />BettyBetty Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897182391130667168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-76907980865229450402010-06-29T08:49:04.400-05:002010-06-29T08:49:04.400-05:00Hi Betty, love the colors in the rock and foregro...Hi Betty, love the colors in the rock and foreground and lots of wonderful movement. The only comment I have is about the red borders...what would it better with a less contrasting color? something analogous with the blue? I think the mountain would pop more and feel less boxed in.<br />Good job, Betty<br />CynthiaCynthia Ann Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608737112237611058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-79396690977936688422010-06-28T17:45:16.262-05:002010-06-28T17:45:16.262-05:00I like the movement of your curved land on the bot...I like the movement of your curved land on the bottom. The feathers are a cute idea but in my opinion, they don't add anything to the design. A suggestion for the red borders: if you add the same red on the bottom to square it off, but leave the curved land, you will create a curved mass at the bottom that will help balance out the great mountain.janice pdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627735016408777385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-74784408925750585502010-06-28T11:00:02.266-05:002010-06-28T11:00:02.266-05:00This is a fun piece, full of texture. I also quest...This is a fun piece, full of texture. I also questioned your use of three red borders until I realized that the lower edge is curved inward. The quilt would possibly benefit from some additional overall quilting.Ann In Fallbrook, CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733573729471911332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-19291654778278657782010-06-28T10:45:09.728-05:002010-06-28T10:45:09.728-05:00hi Betty I love the rock done with the paper towel...hi Betty I love the rock done with the paper towel and the blue layered fabric below has a very earthy feel despite the color,(which I really love) but I am not sure about the red borders, was there a particular reason why you used them on only 3 sides? <br /><br />Congratulations on finishing first by the way.<br /><br />Kathy Walkerfastfridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596446372371371290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-20781666107137643162010-06-27T20:59:39.517-05:002010-06-27T20:59:39.517-05:00Great imaginative use of 'other fibers' in...Great imaginative use of 'other fibers' in this.Certainly the unexpected. I like the colors in the paper towel and the lines in it that create that rock strata.<br />And the blue below also shows the veins that appear in the strata...<br />a nice continum completing the picture.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402284255342698129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34360380.post-81862634943338508412010-06-27T17:42:03.491-05:002010-06-27T17:42:03.491-05:00creative use of feathers and also the paper towel ...creative use of feathers and also the paper towel technique! Chris Preddfastfridayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596446372371371290noreply@blogger.com