This is the quilt top made from the map fabric I made last week. It was supposed to be for a 12 X 12 art quilt but I was having so much fun adding in the fields, etc. that it grew to what is now going to be a 20 X 20 quilt!! This is just the top. It still has to be quilted and bound. It doesn't fit the size for any group quilt requirements I'm currently working on so I guess this one will just be in my collection!
And it came to mean a lot more to me after driving round trip to Texas in 4 days!! Maps maps maps.
Now, can you see the fun things I put in here??
A vineyard which backs onto a dirt road. (purple on lower left)
A forest just right of center on the bottom
A marsh near the upper left top (kind of a mottled green)
Two plowed fields (left edge just top of center and bottom right quadrant)
A corn field just up and left of center above the little pond in the center of the map
Two green fields - probably soy beans
A brown field which is fallow dirt this year
And finally, a golden field - waves of grain no doubt!
Oh and the river, of course
And it came to mean a lot more to me after driving round trip to Texas in 4 days!! Maps maps maps.
Now, can you see the fun things I put in here??
A vineyard which backs onto a dirt road. (purple on lower left)
A forest just right of center on the bottom
A marsh near the upper left top (kind of a mottled green)
Two plowed fields (left edge just top of center and bottom right quadrant)
A corn field just up and left of center above the little pond in the center of the map
Two green fields - probably soy beans
A brown field which is fallow dirt this year
And finally, a golden field - waves of grain no doubt!
Oh and the river, of course
TAKING THE BACKROADS
I named it Taking The Backroads because whether it is on a photo safari or on motorcycles...I LOVE the backroads!!
Besides the map fabric I made, I used my own hand dyed fabrics, rusted, rouched nad painted fabrics. Only commercial fabrics used were for the roads (both asphalt and dirt). I chose them because they look like....well...asphalt and a rutted dirt road. Here is a detail photo so you can see what I mean.
I had a blast making this top. Of course, now I have to come up with another idea for the 12 X 12 challenge this was meant to be!
I love it!! You can always make a smaller version for Sky :-)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about that. Especially since I haven't come up with another idea so far and time is short!
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ReplyDeleteI can see that you could make it bigger and bigger! It's a beautful piece!