Today, we went to visit the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden. The Front Range Art Quilters Guild had a special exhibit there that runs through July 1. The quilts there were inspiring. From one that looked like an early gangster, to a three dimensional hummingbird, to a few that were totally abstract. There was one especially that spoke to me, entitled the organza dress.
Fortunately, I came home inspired to be adventuresome (at least in the area of quilting and fiber arts). I took a while to find a photo that also inspired me (the one to the right is a fuzzy rendition of the original photo). It was from last year's birthday trip up Mount Evans.
After printing out the photo, which I'd used Kodak's Easy Share program to create a "coloring book" version (which is why the photo looks blurry), I needed to determine the size of my fabric art quilt.
I decided that when I was finished, I wanted to put the art in a black frame that I'd gotten a while back, so the size of the finished piece needs to be roughly the same size as an 8x10 photo.
Now that I had the size in mind, it was time to create a simple sketch.
From the sketch, I created the initial canvas.
Once the canvas was complete, it was time to start adding in details. I still have a ways to go, but it is time to stop for tonight.
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