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- Before color adjustment unquilted
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- landscape after crayon color change and quilting
The first landscape was made a year ago and has hung on my design wall in various places. Sometimes it was hanging by one pin or a piece of tape. What to do with it was always a question? How to quilt it?
There was something about the piece that I liked too much to give it away or put it away, but I never felt compelled to work on it—just look at it sadly hanging on the wall.
Last week I took down the piece and started quilting using some free motion quilting pattern that I had. At first I traced the shapes and penciled the quilting lines. The amount of paper that landed on my floor made my studio look like the aftermath of a confetti parade. Something still bothered me about the landscape. I could not see all the mountain ranges and the yellow strip shouted. One afternoon I grabbed my crayons, yes childrens crayolas.
While making a wearable art project several years ago, I discovered that crayon melted quickly on hot fabric(I know what a discovery). So I tried this with the landscape. The crayons worked wonders-not only on the fabric, but on the quilting stitching. The stitches stood out in some places and melted into the quilt in others. The landscape only needs the binding sewn down and it is finished. I am feeling good about salvaging the top and am pleased with the results.
