Quilt Number 3 : Thuburbo Majus, Springtime

Picture from an archeological site in North Tunisia. For the arch : rusted and commercial fabrics

The different prints are made with a lino block, and compressed sponge
The poppies seed heads are painted with Derwent watercolor pencils.

All four done!

All four finished!
They all comes of the same dyebath and for the back a had a commercial fabric, so they are the same too.
For this one I 've drawn some figures and they are raw edge appliqued. Some home made stamps too.

Some details

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The next one

Number 3. From the same dyebath as the previous one. Stamped with home made stamps.

Detail

People # 4

Last year the theme for the Art Quilts Around The World group was: "Opposites Attrackt" This was  A3 size.
I thought that I could use it again for my theme  People.. I've used the same figures, only bigger and a different background.
This fabric is also dyed with low-water immersion. I have four of them and I'm gonna use them all. So  I  changed my mind again and will make two more.
Letters and figures are drawn and colored with watercolor pens and textile paint.

In fact the colors are different. Gray/green and rost brown.

Detail.

People # 3

Finaly I finished my third one.
I used a hand dyed fabric (low-water immersion deying) and draw the text and the figure on it with a pencil and coloured them with watercolour pens.
As usual a LOT of quilting.  I found the text on internet.

Lonely

 Detail

All 4 finished

I thought I had posted pictures of my 4 quilts as they were finished in May, but I only seem to have 2 on the blog, so here are the final 2

I made a study of a piece of textiles that I bought in the market in India. I used a piece of recycled black linen for the background, appiqued small pieces of fabric and machine stitched using a thick thread

Another piece inspired by a textile piece bought in the market.

I made a piece of blue fabric look old by bleaching and printing, then added hand stitching.

Gillian

 Quilt n°2 Barn door.

         I’ve worked on a hand dyed fabric that I tore then shaded  with  Derwent ink pencils and quilted  with free  quilting machine. The foliage is applicated and  then colored with Derwent ink pencils.