Buoys 1 and 2… new work!
Amazing… I actually got something done! The quilted portions of these two pieces, Buoys 1 (Blue) and Buoys 2 (Pink-purple) were made for my local quilt chapter’s 10×10″ challenge. The challenge was to make a piece based on guild-member Jan P’s husband’s photo. Dwight’s photo is called Ropes and Buoys, and it was a delight to see the wide range of pieces. (To see the challenge pieces as displayed at Maine Quilts this past July, click here then scroll nearly halfway down.) I recently mounted my pieces on batik stretched over stretcher bars (with a base support and batting to make it look good). They are for sale… directly from me until Wednesday morning then via Ducktrap Bay Trading Company, the local gallery that carries my work.
Here is the Blue Buoys:
and a detail shot which shows the intense quilting and shading with thread:
I wanted to try doing the buoys in totally-not-realistic colors…the ones in the photo were mostly yellow and orange. While blue and light blue might be a real combination, I can’t imagine I’d ever see any real buoys that are pink and purple (tho there are women lobstermen (??? that sounds weird, but I am pretty sure that they don’t call themselves lobsterers, maybe lobster fishermen, but that has the guy thing too… ???), but decided to try a really wild color combination to play with value and hue. Here is Buoys #2 (pink – purple):
And the detail of the pink one:
Each piece is 10×10 inches mounted on a 16×16 inch frame (one inch deep); the background fabric wraps around to the back which is clean finished and ready to hang. The price for each is $250 plus shipping (if you order from me before Weds., shipping is included, otherwise it will be whatever the gallery charges).
November 24th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Love the stitching and the colours.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I love them Sarah, especially the pink and purple. Great work!
November 24th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Beautiful work, Sarah. I’m partial to blue so my favorites are the Blue Buoys. Great thread work!
November 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
These are really extra special well done my dear! Fabulous….but what else would I expect from thee!
November 29th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
wow!!! I love the colors and the stitching. The blue is my favorite,surprise, surprise. 🙂
December 1st, 2008 at 12:41 am
Sarah, these are AMAZING!!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Of Course there are women, say they are fishing, or lobstering, and I don’t know if they say they are lobstermen. They have sternmen, and they can be sternmen, so probably they are lobstermen. Ask Linda Greenlaw, she’s not that far north of you…
Purely awesome bouys, was what I meant to say first!!