Thursday, May 23, 2013

Challenge #81: What's the Word?


Theme: WHAT’S THE WORD?

Host:  Ann Turley, Fallbrook, CA

Due:  June 1, 2013

Create a quilt that illustrates a word and a letter of the alphabet. Think outside the realms of normal with subtlety, whimsy, or emotion.  For example, when you think of the letter “A”, the image most of us see is of an apple. Go beyond that, thinking of nouns, verbs and adjectives. For example, I might want to find an interesting way to portray an arpeggio – a quick succession of musical notes. Or perhaps I may want to find an emotion and a letter match. Think “F” is for fear – how would you work with that imagery? Lastly, add a bit of relevant text to your quilt. This could be a subtle as repeating your chosen letter in the shadows, or as in-your-face as a large block print in a corner.  Maybe a bit of poetry that speaks of your image could be used. Whatever you decide, make it yours and make it personal to you.

This is one that I made that illustrates the idea, entitled Pea Pod Soup (the words are there, on the right, if you look closely):


Links that may be helpful:
Hexagons, music and text

A collection of paper-pieced blocks that get my idea across better that I ever could!

Scroll down to the little heart quilt:

This one could easily illustrate an emotion:

In my opinion, Susan Shie is amongst the best at adding text to her pieces:

So have fun, don’t over-think your quilt, just do it!

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