Art Quilt

My first attempt at an art quilt was done about 6 years ago.  It measures 30 x 30 and I made it for my daughters birthday.    This quilt was designed from a photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.  If you scroll down through that link you will find rows of flower photos that he did – this one was a copy that I made from the last one in the second row of photos.  Not exactly of course – this is my interpretation   I hand quilted it with gold metallic thread – never again – have you worked with metallic thread? It constantly shreds.  I made the blossoms 3 dimensional and strung tiny beads on heavy thread for the centers of the flowers.

We had been gone almost all day today.  We went into Little Rock for a doctor appointment for me – and then met our daughter and son in law for lunch and a little shopping.  Then we saw the movie “Defiance” with Daniel Craig.  We liked the movie although I don’t think it is getting really good reviews from what I heard.  Maybe you have to be into history to enjoy the movie and be moved by the plight of the Jewish race in the WWII era. I put a link to the trailer of the movie here for you to see.  It is based on a true story.

More coffee mugs – I told you I had two more cat mugs. The same person made both of these I really like them, they are just so playful.  I bought the blue one first at a craft show ages ago and then a year or two later we happened to travel to Tulsa OK I believe it was – I might be mistaken on that and saw the white one being sold in a pottery shop and so I picked that one up too.  I use both of them off and on.  A couple years later I found another of this artists mugs I’ll show that one later – it is not a cat mug, just a big mug with good color.

Yesterdays question was:  When you applique, concave curves, (click on those words and it will lead you to a concave curve) lines that curve inwards, are easier to turn under when you make perpendicular clips along the curved seam allowance - true or false

the answer is True

Next question: What name is used to describe a patchwork piece with straight sides, 90 degree angles at its four corners and a finished size of 2″ x 6″?

A- diamond

B- bar or rectangle

C- hexagon