Week 8: 10/19/09 – Last week, my husband and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. This quilt started out with an idea of assembling lots of “5’s” together. I attempted my first reverse applique and cut out the first of what I thought would be many 5’s to fuse down. Then I thought it might be interesting to create groupings of 5 things, hence the 5 turquoise rectangles. That led to cutting out the five hearts. I pulled out some hand-dyed sheers and started playing with layering and arranging the components and then I saw it. My husband didn’t up close – only when I moved the quilt further away. Can you see the 5?
I found bits of ribbon I used around my flower bunch from our wedding (what can I say, I’m a pack rat) to add to the collage to further emphasize the design. I realized it had taken off in a new direction and I didn’t want to clutter what had emerged in my design with the initial 5’s. I did fuse one on the back. Funny, I couldn’t have visualized this when I started, it was only as I let go into the creative process. I’m really pleased with this one.
