Week in Review 2021 – 03/26

Betwixt and Between

I am betwixt and between. One art project is done. Now it is time to consider what to make next. In truth, I may be experiencing artist block. There is nothing I feel compelled to make. One thing experience has taught me, is to make something, anything and trust that enthusiasm or at least happy immersion will follow.

First, I drafted the piecing blueprint based on a slight modification of a scrap quilt I spied on Pinterest.

Admiring the Scenery

I keep a folder, on my computer, where I store relevant quilt related images titled Potential Quilts. This folder is further divided into a multitude of subfolders by imagery, such as trees, morning glories and of course, sunrises. My desktop image is set to rotate sunrise images every time it wakes from sleep. One day one image might speak to me and another day a different image speaks to me.

My first thought was to do what I have always done, create a horizontal coloring. This is no longer the plan.

Pintrest is a mixed blessing. It is easy to get sucked into its blackhole of imagery. However, it is a great resource of inspiration. I have saved multiple images under different Boards, one of these is titled Quilting Motifs and another is titled Scrap Quilts.

Moving On

I selected this photograph taken by my husband on one of our morning walks. What intrigues me is the cloud formation. So often images are nearly 100% horizontal. This one has more movement and more happening at the focal point.

When I am stuck as to what to do next, I find experimenting is a good way to become unstuck. One way I experiment is by combining ideas in ways I haven’t tried before and often haven’t seen done before. I particular love the term experimenting. Since it is an experiment, it takes the pressure off. It puts me in learning mode versus a magnum opus frame of mind.

Using the sunrise photograph as reference, I selected fabrics from my those I have hand dyed, painted and a few zingers that I stamped and stenciled. I will be adding one black and some white on white to form the grid.

When you are betwixt and between what tricks have you discovered to move forward?

I am linking up with Nina Marie’s Off the Wall Fridays.

By Gwyned Trefethen

I am an artist who uses fabric, thread and miscellany to create designs gifted to me by my imagination.