Thursday, July 10, 2014

Darkness

I have been sewing a lot the last few days.
Believe me, it has been the weather for it!
I am pleased to say my new quilt, "darkness", is in one piece.

 
I am not very happy with the photos.I am not sure why I have trouble with the dark colours.


The fabric may look like denim but it is actually old Japanese fabric from futons
and I suspect it was used for kimonos before that.
Recycled recycle.



I buy them in one piece and unpick them and wash them.
Had to dry them inside though.
I enjoy the challenge of  designing
 to make the most of these fabrics when I only have one colour.

9 comments:

  1. Just a gorgeous play with blues. Love it!

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  2. I. LOVE your blues. In France we suppose to have summer but it is rainy nd as dark as winter...........

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  3. Love it! I do that too, unpick and restitch! Kazari and ZZ is now opens Sunday!

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  4. This is a beautiful quilt. I've always like monochrome color schemes in rooms, clothes, and so on... but now also in quilts. Good for you!

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  5. Beautiful! You have honored those fabrics well in their final resting place.

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  6. Oh I love it so much! I love the softness and harmony of all the shades of blue! When you had said earlier, you were using the futon cover I got very excited. I love recycling old anything. It is hard to photograph an object with low contrast. I can imagine how beautiful this must be in person!

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous, the tonal variation you have created is fabulous. It looks soft and has that aged feel.

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  8. It looks great Maria...can't wait to see it for real...was back to school today...reluctantly

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  9. your dark blue quilt is beautiful. I love that it is made from recycled indigo japanese futons.

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