My friend and fellow artist, Judy Harper has been dividing the canvas into basic squares and shapes , and looking at her blog, was thinking how this kind of design at one point in my long painting life , was really hot... now with the craze for stitches and fibers..texture has become a big part of the needlepoint world....they are a perfect blend.
Quilts and tiles have always been a great source that transfers well to needlepoint , if you look at the canvas as this large graph....it can be divided and cut diagonally , vertically, horizontally..in the round ..any geometric shape can be a source of inspiration to design on the canvas.....
sometimes , it is nice to take a look at the basics , and what is old can be revived, spruced up and can be a new source of pleasure , with the addition of a great stitch and a wonderful new fiber...
3 comments:
These geometrics are very pretty, Gail. I'm not a quilt person but I can certainly appreciate how much work goes into them and how gorgeous they are when done.
The second smaller square is my favorite. We have an old family quilt with a similar pattern!
Jane, amazed by Gail--as usual--in Chilly Hollow
Very pretty! You girls are always amazing!
I love the maiolica tile (the single square) I design from the Spanish Talavera version of these, as putting them together in different formats is interesting.
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