Week in Review 2021 – 04/16

Artists are encouraged to have an elevator speech. I find my own elevator speech changing as I change. It isn’t easy describing the work one does in a single sentence. This week I did it. “I create my art using traditional techniques in non traditional ways.” This is certainly true of my current work in progress, Sunrise Over the Atlantic.

Recap from the Beginning…

This week I am sharing a recap in pictures of where I started to where I am currently in the process.

It all began with a picture taken by my husband during one of our dawn walks…

Inspiration photo for Sunrise Over the Atlantic

There are many different approaches to recreating or interpreting this photo in fabric. I chose to use a simple traditional block.

This is the blue print I follow in order to piece the quilt. I draw a grid, representing the blocks over the image. This guides me as to which fabrics to use when.
I select fabrics I feel work well together creating a jewel tone palette.
I manage to get four blocks pieced my first week.
This is only a portion of what I accomplished the next week.

…To Now

It’s week 3 and I have 29 blocks pieced. Sunrise Over the Atlantic will be
42″ H x 60″ W when it is done. Each block is 6″ x 6″.

I never tire of watching quilts emerge, just as I can’t take too many dawn walks. Every sunrise is an inspiration.

What is your elevator speech? Can you describe your work in a single sentence?

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.