Sunday, January 31, 2010

Challenge 41 - Transformations


I've posted my Transformations quilt about 14 inches by 21 inches.

Honestly the fractured background was the hardest part - I pieced together and cut a few times an abstract tree bark. I then beaded a caterpillar in the lower right corner and a moth in the upper right corner for my winged creature. I picked this moth because of it's complimentary colors of orange and blue.

As always lots of fun

Lisa
In Overcast Seattle
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10 comments:

  1. Jan1/31/10, 6:03 PM

    Wonderful piece with an irregular border. With its muted colors I think that's just what it needed. The butterfly and caterpillar really work well with the muted brown background. It almost appears to be fences and fields. Love it!

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  2. fastfriday1/31/10, 6:32 PM

    fun quilt! Your eye never stops. It just goes round and round the picture. I love the caterpillar and butterfly. You can just imagine the cacoon sdomewhere.

    Pat Havey

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  3. Chris Predd2/1/10, 8:15 AM

    great background and color contrast! Love the interest and I agree, reminds me of fences. I'd think a small bit of orange toward the lower half would move the eye down through the piece, maybe orange buttons or beads in a flower shape? I like it alot!
    Chris Predd

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  4. Kathy Angel Lee2/1/10, 8:56 AM

    I really like your fractured background - very unique and interesting. There's a wonderful feeling of movement in the piece.

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  5. Cynthia Ann Morgan2/1/10, 4:11 PM

    Hi Lisa, great job...once again, you have the BEST backgrounds, so interesting and beautifully done. Good use of color and composition.
    Cynthia

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  6. Carole2/2/10, 10:00 PM

    This is so interesting... and that touch of blue really draws the eye! this little beauty won't be long without a mate....and I like where you positioned it.

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  7. Michele/TextileTraveler2/3/10, 4:47 AM

    I really like the abstract feel of this piece, as well as the colors. I didn't notice the caterpillar until I read your description; love it!

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  8. Cherie in Del Mar2/3/10, 8:29 PM

    Wonderfully abstract, and yet somehow feels like a pastoral scene stretching out to the distant horizon. What if you were to add some tiny french knots or beads in a bright orange to the caterpillar (only a couple, and very tiny) to compliment the orange of the moth? It's really superb as is though.
    Cherie

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  9. Madalene Axford Murphy2/4/10, 3:20 PM

    I love the movement in the background and that shade of orange is a perfect complement to the browns. A piece I could spend some time looking at.

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  10. Joni2/5/10, 10:11 AM

    absolutely wonderful. Good sense of balance and proportion! Your moth is beautiful!

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