After having a break for a while, I was tempted into making another 'Green Britain' wall hanging by a customer request from a British lady, now living in the US. This is the largest I have made to date as a quilted wall hanging and was made over the course of about 16 days.
This wall hanging is my folk art version of the Union Jack flag, made from a patchwork of various cotton fabrics (some cotton mix). Some of the fabrics are reused/recycled.
This textile piece is my aspiration for the UK. The original artwork was designed and made back in 2008! The colour green now has a double meaning, and the fact that it includes reused fabrics and handwork expresses my own personal philosophy.
The wall hanging was machine pieced, layered with cotton wadding and a backing piece, and hand quilted. A binding strip was added, and the whole piece was tea dyed to give the wall hanging an 'antique' finish and textured, wrinkled surface. A small card with the title, year and my details is on the reverse. The wall hanging measures approximately 48" (121.5 cm) wide x 28.5" (73 cm) high.
4 comments:
Wow! What a glorious quilt! Love the softness of both the fabrics as well as the color! xo Cait
Thanks, Cait. A judicious pre-wash as well as tea dye seems to help give it an aged look.
Julia this is superb! love everything about it - the ethics, the colour, the history of the fabrics!
well done!
Thank you, Annette! I just had a lovely email from the buyer this morning to say how happy she is with it :)
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