Fifteen by Fifteen While making my Decay #5 quilt, I focused on color fastness — watching how fabrics fade and shift under sunlight. I used an embroidered wall hanging, a blue work coat, and a pink T-shirt that once fluttered on the laundry line in my daughter’s garden. The wall hanging was …
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Rusted Garden
Decay #2 I made the second quilt of this year's the Fifteen by Fifteen quilt challenge group. I called it Rusted Garden and I focused on how the contact with rust damages textiles. A few years ago, I found myself at a blacksmith’s shop, surrounded by piles of rusty iron. It was the perfect …
Attention to the Recycled Textiles
Decay This year, the challenge for the Fifteen by Fifteen quilt group is to explore the theme of Decay. Decay is a vast and intriguing subject. Nearly everything in this world ages, deteriorates, and eventually disintegrates. While natural materials often follow a swift cycle of decay, some …
