Alice’s Garden
Jan 23rd, 2008 by Lisa
Currently shown at Zarzuela:
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A small glimpse into “Alice in Wonderland” –gardens. It all started as a challenge:
A while ago, “Simply Quilts” challenged 3 artists to make a Scrap-Bag-Quilt. The results got the CQA- program chair started to hand out brown bags with odd fabrics, also a set of rules: At least a small piece of every fabric must be used, except one fabric could be added and one taken away. It was a CHALLENGE! Fabric choices were very wide and as different as: heavy decorator and slippery polyester drapery fabric, old-fashioned quilting cottons, poly-blends and sheers, shiny fabric for evening wear and fashion. Trouble all along.
Each of the 6 finished quilts was very different, but equally inventive in use of the given “strange” materials. I found out that polyester drapery quilts nicely but is impossible to mark on. Everything that contains at least some cotton will take dye, white tablecloth linen is a beautiful, fascinating, but loosely woven fabric, -and clear plastic packaging material can be sewn with your home sewing machine! I just love a good challenge.