I'm so delighted that for the fourth year in a row I've been fortunate enough to receive "the call" from Houston. My newest quilt, which I must say I poured my heart and soul into, has won a cash award in the IQA World of Beauty (Houston quilt show). Here's a sneak peek:
It's a digital collage that I created in Photoshop using a number of my photographs and a painting. I printed it on five panels of silk using my Epson 2200 pigment ink printer, then seamed them to create the quilt top. It's very heavily free motion machine quilted using a variety of threads - rayon, silk, cotton, and maybe even a little polyester .
It's a red letter day, as my oldest son is officially a teenager today. I better run and make his cake!
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It looks absolutely stunning. Wish I could see it in person. And, good luck with the teen-age years!!
ooooh, pretty!! I love how this piece turned out!! No surprise to me about the prize. :) Congrats!!
:) Linda
This work is incredible, design, execution, technique. All A+.
Congratulations! I love pretty much anything blue, but your piece definitely draws me in. I would love to see it in person.
Truly stunning, Diane, it's an amazing work! Congratulations on getting "the call". And congrats on having a teen in the house as well, those are fun years.
This is just beautiful - I love the colors. Congratulations on getting the "call." I look forward to seeing your piece in person in Houston!
Just gorgeous! It really draws me in.
Gorgeous! Congratulations.
Awesome! and congratulations...
thnak you for sharing.
Diane - congratulations! I will be there to take your picture in front of your piece at preview night.
Diane, it is drop dead delightful, gorgeous, stunning! Congrats.
I Love it!! Many congrats on whatever prize it has won!
Now I am wishing I could get to Houston myself....
Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations on not just the prize, but on a truly unique work of art.
Beautiful! Congratulations on your success!
Congratulations. It is so beautiful.
It is just magical! Congratulations.
I'll be there cheering you on, and I vote for a first, too! It is gorgeous! I didn't get the call this year, but I'm totally OK with that.... I am just greatful I got IN! See you there I hope, Cheers, Sarah
Wow, he is stunning. Haven't tried digital composing yet but you make it look "seam-less", pun intended. Congratulations.
It's a beauty, I sure can see why it won! You spoke about seaming. You certainly masked them well, since I can't see any seams. This will be the first year in nine that I'm not going t Houston, so I won't get to see it in person.
Hi Diane, I haven't visited your blog in a bit but this quilt, OH MY! is captivating in spite of viewing it on a computer screen...it must be something awesome in person! The Crow is is so intense it an intense setting...the colour intensity as well as the design lay-out speaks of sheer mastery in the medium! I keep striving for this kind of impact! Congrats!
Thank you, everyone!
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