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Waterfall This quilt started with a shiny gold, permanently-pleated blouse from the thrift shop. Holding the blouse in my hand, and shaking it, the fabric reminded me of shimmering water, and that's where I got the idea of doing a waterfall. Along with "Dunescape" (2000), this is my most heavily-embellished quilt. The top "foilage" is made from pieces of interesting yarns, piled on top of the quilt, covered with white netting, and then sewn down on the quilt. Along the left side of the quilt I piled pieces from silk flowers and covered those with netting. Across the bottom of the quilt is more yarn sewn down under netting. If you notice the black dots down the side of the quilt, and across the bottom (see detail) - those "dots" came on the dotted-swiss black netting which I used in those areas. There were some velvets used, as well as brocade from a vest. This quilt has great texture, and is a pleasure to touch! |
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