Saturday, October 24, 2009
Zebra
9" x 12" Satin
Update 11/5: I decided 1) to rip the binding off and redo it, 2) following Cynthia's suggestion to add a bit more quilting on the large black stripes, and 3) outline the background leaves in ink. This photo seems to show them better than the original did.
---------
As soon as I saw "Animal Kingdom," I wanted to do a zebra! I'm not sure why, wished I had some zebra stripe fabric, but no such. And reverse applique was something I had read about, but really didn't understand, until yesterday, so this is my first use of that technique.
My original thought was to have the background half-white, half-black, but making the wide uneven stripes like a zebra coat seemed more effective. I quickly realized the need to simplify the stripe pattern, as thinner stripes would be nearly impossible to cut away. And as usual, my husband had a final suggestion, the dot of red fabric paint for the eye.
And since the white satin was fairly thin, I added some of the black and white grassy fabric that I used last month just behind it for a subtle background.
I am planning to donate this as a Priority Quilt to the Alzheimers Quilt Initiative, hence the rectangle and the size. All comments welcome!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
10 comments:
Toni, this is one of your best yet! I love him. The stripes are just right. He' a very striking animal. Great job!
What a great zebra! and the red eye is the right touch. Wish you were here. I have lots of zebra scraps as I just made a costume for Halloween for my granddaughter!
Of course you didn't need them! Very nice!
Elaine Koenig
Nice work Toni. I like the play of size between the background and the zebra.
I really like this piece. It made me look twice to discern the zebra and that was good. Nice work using the different size stripes.
What can I say Tobi...I ALWAYS love your work...:-)
Cherie
This is just great. I love your background, great idea. And the red eye...stands out!
Nice work Tobi, I like the contrast of scale between the subject matter and the background.
The background works perfect with the zebra - I do like the small red eye. Makes a nice focal point.
Hi Tobi - What a great piece. That one dot of red paint adds a nice touch. I too like the contrast in scale between the zebra and its background - it took me a moment for my eye to sort it out.
Hi Tobi, perfect zebra on a perfect background...The only thing I would suggest is to add background quilting to give more texture to the background and make the animal pop out more.
Good job
Cynthia
Post a Comment