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| woodland scene, little ferns at the base of the trees |
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| close up of foreground, woodland scene |
This lovely piece is larger than Andrea's other samples. The background is a gray-white. The trees are multiple shades of brown with some greenish tones on the side, simulating moss. I think these are painted on, I forgot to ask her. Little ferns adorn the bases of some trees and other little plants are scattered on the woodland floor. The contrasts are clean and colorful.
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| woodland scene |
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| the first quilt, she claims it is not very good, mmm ? the butterflies on this one are three dimensional |
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| close up of cherry blossoms |
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| cherry blossom trees |
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| close up of meandering stream and silk ribbon embroidered daffodils on the bank |
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| Andrea hand painted the sky on this piece, it is her most recent. the detail is amazing. |
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| close up of class example, wish I had tried this one instead of trying to go all artsy and original! |
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| long shot of white birches |
I have so admired the lovely landscape quilts I see at shows and in shops. I would say to myself, I can do this. Well, not without a lot more work! Today's class was taught by TRQ Guild member, Andrea Swift. This lovely lady is self-taught but credits others who have written books about the subject as mentors. See list at the end of post. Anyway, I did get the basics started, sky, mountains, water and foreground. Ewwww! My trees were good. The sky was good, foreground not so bad, but put them all together and they spell, Yuk. While heating dinner, I took it all apart. Needs a re-do. Proportions are wrong. Not so sure about the colors. It does not work. Now these work. I wish I had a better camera to show you the amazing quilting detail in these pieces. Stunning. So now I will start all over. I really want to learn how to do this. I need intensive training, for sure. Andrea listed several resources in her syllabus but highly recommends these for the beginner if you are interested. Both of these are by Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewall.
- Basics of Landscape Quilting-everything you need to know to get started. 2002
- The Art of Landscape Quilting. 2007
She also uses thread painting for embellishment. By Nancy Prince, American Quilters Society 2004.
- Thread painting on tulle; thread painting directly on quilt
Just have to add this tidbit. Andrea saves dryer lint. Yes, dryer lint. All colors from red to gray to brown. She takes little pieces of this, lays it down for grass, flowers etc and covers it with a piece of tulle, then stitches it in place. It really works:)
* after the holidays I will re-visit this process. I am ordering to books too, I need help!!!
+*+ just wanted to add, click on the first photo to enlarge it, those leaves my dears are green dryer lint..............................
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