Earlier this month, I created 2 mini quilts from a photo I took last year at Vandusen Garden. I was captivated by the vibrant color palette of this flower.
A Google image search told me this was a ‘Purple Sun’ African Daisy. The petals glow with several vibrant shades of orange that transition into a vivid purple ring surrounding the heart of the flower.
I had two exhibits to enter in January, both of which required mini quilts. I decided to use this photo for both of them. For each one, I printed my photo on prepared fabric, fused it to felt and added details with machine quilting.
The first mini quilt is my entry to the annual SAQA Spotlight Auction. The auction will take place in late April during the SAQA conference in Toronto, Canada. The pieces will be on display at the conference banquet dinner, but the bidding will be an online event so anyone in the world can bid on them. All pieces must be 6 x 8 inches (portrait or landscape orientation).
I called this one ‘Purple Sun’ African Daisy. It is 6 x 8 inches.
The second mini quilt is my entry to the Fibre Art Network‘s newest exhibit ‘Up Close’. This exhibit will include approximately 80 mini quilts responding to the call for entry – Whether it is detail, nearness or connection, UP CLOSE is a unique and individual perspective. Artists are invited to express any aspect of what UP CLOSE means or looks like to them. All pieces will be 7 x 10 inches (portrait or landscape orientation). The exhibit will travel from May 2023 to May 2026.
For this mini quilt, I cropped the photo to feature the center of the flower, and called it The Heart of the ‘Purple Sun’.
I’m linking up with Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday.
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Your colors are scrumptious!
Thank you. That’s what I love about these flowers!
I love the stitching you did on those flowers. It makes them so dimensional!
Thank you!
The final cropped version is so dynamic, not just in color, but there is a sense of joie de vivre and movement. Looking forward to seeing the Spotlight auction quilt in person at the conference.
Thank you!
They are both so pretty! I have tried to print on fabric but the colors didn’t look as vibrant as yours. How do you prepare your fabric?
I use commercially prepared ink-jet fabric sheets. I have found that a photo printed on fabric is duller than a photo printed on paper. Therefore, I usually boost the colors and contrast on my computer before printing on fabric.
Terry, I enjoyed seeing your piece at the New England Quilt Museum yesterday. It is lovely —— and deservedly a part of the magnificent traveling exhibit celebrating Canada’s finest quilters!
Thanks so much! That’s my ‘X’s and O’s piece on display at the New England Quilt Museum – https://www.terryaskeartquilts.com/Studio/2022/06/29/quilt-canada-recap-2022-06-29/
Both minis are striking! Your quilting is perfect for them. Did you do free motion quilting?
Thank you!
Sometimes I do free motion quilting. But these were quilted with the walking foot, as it gives me better control.