Showing posts with label Gloria Loughman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gloria Loughman. Show all posts

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Landscape Quilt Completed

I finished my Gloria Loughman landscape quilt, which was started in a workshop 2 weeks ago. I don't 'do' landscapes because I want them to be realistic, so this was an exercise in dealing with something almost abstract.  I didn't have an actual picture of my landscape, so I think it helped me be less perfect in the design. I took photos of some of the aspects, but overall it was a memory picture.
Also, I had wanted to use what I learned in class in another of my ANZAC banners (as boring as it is to many people it may not be every one's cup of tea, but to me, there are many stories to be told).
When I attended this year's ANZAC dawn service at our local military camp, Linton (and also my workplace), I watched the sunrise through one of the Camp's many huge palm trees. There was also a very tall soldier standing in front of me, so I got his silhouette and the tree with the sun lightening the sky over the Tararua Ranges.
Here we have it:
Here is a close-up of the soldier - to ensure that the lightness of his face didn't distract too much, I covered the fabric with fine tulle.
Most of the green fabric has been painted with fabric paint - I needed to get a variation for depth of field.
All I need now is a title.
Any one have any ideas?

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Day Two

Today was the second day of Gloria's workshop. I did a bit of homework last night in order to start quilting this morning. That meant I had to add more tiles to the sky including cutting more (much more) fabric.
So this is where I was at just before lunch:
Just 2 lines of stitching on each tile - take took at least 2.5 hours!
It doesn't look as if I did much in the afternoon either!
Hills have been added, after I painted the fabric. I'm not sure if you can see, but the little hill on the left has some hand stitching (french knots). It was on a piece that didn't make it into another project - but the colour was good and it adds a bit of interest.
I still have the foreground and points of interest to do - hopefully in the not too distant future!
I finished my sewing group (Quilty Pleasures) quilt challenge. We are having a reveal on Sunday afternoon over tea and cakes.
I can only show you the block. Each piece of fabric was cut at 6.5" x 3.5", so all you needed was a 10" square to get the 4 pieces.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A Gloria Loughman Workshop

I am so enjoying Gloria's workshop. It's a 2-day on luminous landscapes. Now, I don't usually make landscape quilts, but I do like what Gloria has been working on lately. Mine is still in with the ANZAC theme of banners (wait and see what), and involves a sunrise. Some of the other ladies are doing sunsets (using beautiful vivid colours) and some are doing forest type backgrounds.
Anyway here is the morning's work:
See the little piles of rectangles on the right? They are 2" x 3/4" and took ages to cut out.
Anyway, this is what I finished with at the end of the day:
Still have more dark rectangles to add and glue down, then on to quilting it. Tomorrow we work on the bottom pieces.
Gloria is a wonderful teacher. She is very encouraging, gave us quick lessons in colour and painting as well all the things to consider for a great landscape.