Finally! Everyone else got their waverunner done, but me!
oh well, I finally decided what I wanted to do to this one...
sometimes I need to wait til it hits me over the head....
I was nervous at first to attempt this... But it went pretty smoothly...
lots of starting and stopping to re-adjust the fabric... but , I think it was worth the effort...
I'm going to bind it tonight, and throw it in the wash...
curious to see what it does once it's washed!
oh well, I finally decided what I wanted to do to this one...
sometimes I need to wait til it hits me over the head....
I was nervous at first to attempt this... But it went pretty smoothly...
lots of starting and stopping to re-adjust the fabric... but , I think it was worth the effort...
I'm going to bind it tonight, and throw it in the wash...
curious to see what it does once it's washed!
How cool is this?
To highlight this year's Peace Week theme, Beyond the Numbers: The Economics of Peace, my daughters school, worked with artist Derick Melander to create a beautiful textile sculpture from second hand clothing. The purpose of the installation is to highlight just one thread of our waste consciousness: Clothing. * The clothing they collected will be donated to support the Recovery in Haiti. * once the installation comes down... It looks amazing... |
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I ran to the store this morning and one of the tenement buildings was being gutted for a renovation... this is the floor just inside the door! How cool is that?
Of course that caught my eye... I had to take a picture of it, one of the guys was like,
"What are you taking a picture of?" I said, "the floor...!"
he just gave me a weird look and kept on doing what he was doing...
he he he... new yorkers...
you should have asked if it was coming out and if so if you could have it!!!
ReplyDeleteYup - you should have done!
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that quilting. No detraction from the pattern or the colours.
By machine?
Now, that's a quilt! Looking great. Don't get me started about the art being demolished in New York, we noticed that, and my husband and his artist friends even collected some of the sculpture from the buildings--they gave them to Brooklyn Museum. (a very long time ago)
ReplyDeleteThe Waverunner is fantastic! I often wait for the top to talk to me about how it wants to be quilted! Love the tiles, but of course we see them frequently here in fact when the weather improves, I must go take a pic of a local house for you, it's covered in tile patterns just like this!
ReplyDeleteThe weaverunner quilt is fantabulous! The quilting is so wonderful! Love those circles as a contrary to the weavy lines!
ReplyDeleteJust look at those circles! I've always wanted to quilt those! They look fab on your waverunner. Love the sculpture too. Thanks for all the eye candy!
ReplyDeleteFreakin Fabulous! I love it! Well done!
ReplyDeleteV, great way to quilt your waverunner!! Looks fabulous. Did you mark it or just go with it? The textile sculpture is amazing. I had to look at it again to realize it is made with clothing. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to see what happens to it when it is washed too! :) That look Brilliant!! ;)
ReplyDeleteVirginia the quilting is beautiful. Did you mark it?
ReplyDeleteI also want to know if you marked that quilt! and love that tile!
ReplyDeleteThe waverunner is spectacular and I can imagine Gwen Marston would be proud and inspired!!! My husband is a tile setter and so I can appreciate the run....and the quilt design center is cherry on the top! Love your blog! Em
ReplyDeleteYes, I marked the first 16 rows, which gave me a 12" circle... This part wad very slow going.... Lots of quilt to turn round and round.... Then I did it by site the entire rest of the way... Good question! Thanks for asking!
ReplyDeleteVictoria
Your quilt is gorgeous! I love the circular quilting. Thanks for sharing how you did it.
ReplyDeleteThe textile sculpture is pretty neat. There is so much used clothing around; I hardly buy anything new, other than socks, shoes, and underwear. Goodwill rules!
I hope they're saving the floor!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Fantastic quilting design and it looks amazing on the solids.
Love the quilting on both the Waverunner and the tile quilt. I'm amazed at how much quilting and blogging you do in a week. Thanks for the interesting posts.
ReplyDeleteWow, your quilt just turned out fantastic! The quilting was well worth it!! Boy that exhibition sculpture is out of this world. I love it!! By the way, I would have done the same thing as you take the picture of the tiles, just beautiful inspiration wherever you go!
ReplyDeleteYour waverunner is stunning - another great quilting job and a resulting work of art! The curved stitching really sets off the waves.
ReplyDeleteGreat sculpture. I love art with a purpose.
And that floor... I agree with the first commenter - you should have asked for that piece! Wow.
Your wave runner is fantastic. I had planned on doing concentric circles g but tried it on a smaller piece and couldn't do nearly the great job you did. Way to go.
ReplyDeleteeeeeeeeeeeek! i LOVE this quilt in so many ways. wanna trade?
ReplyDeleteOh, your waverunner quilt came out GREAT! I LOVE the quilting! I'm still planning on making a couple of small ones for gifts. I'm getting the solids this Friday on sale. I'm looking forward to getting started.
ReplyDeleteLove the wonky quilting, that is my style;)
ReplyDeleteThe school display is wonderful, what a unique idea.
Debbie
Wow, great photos! Love the quilting and the tile, and that installation is very impressive, provocative and stunning!
ReplyDeletethe quilting is amazing, love what you chose to do on your waverunner quilt. do you need my address? would love a little one like this for my wall of little quilts! yep redddddddd
ReplyDeletelove the sculpture of clothing, what a great thing to teach the kids too....
I see a quilt in there...
oh my gosh that floor is awesome...great pictures.
kathie
meant to say red binding....thats what I would chose.
ReplyDeletelove the colors in your waverunner quilt...I am still collecting solids....I need to try something like this too, someday!
I love the quilting and still have the waverunner on my list of projects to do this year...maybe I will start it when I do the Amish challenge since they both use solids.
ReplyDeleteYour wavy quilt is amazing! I love the colors and the blocks and the quilting. That textile sculpture is so gorgeous! Such a cool idea. That floor tile is a perfect example of quilt inspiration in real life, even in an old building like that.
ReplyDeleteWow! The waverunner quilt is amazing and the quilting really finishes it perfectly!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of the floor!
WONDERFUL! I like so so much the round quilting and the right stripes. Well done!
ReplyDeletenichi
oh my!!!!! I love that quilting. just a perfect choice. Almost makes me think I could machine quilt something like that. awesome job. Cool installation and even better that the clothing is still useable. I wonder what they're going to do with the tile floor... hope it stays in.
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is absolutely stunning!!! Really want to see what happen to it in the wash...
ReplyDeleteYour wave runner turned into a masterpiece!!! Fantastic quilting, great job! It is so vibrant and colorful, wonky and timeless - lovely!
ReplyDeletelove the way waverunner turned out!! about that tile floor, in my humble opinion, I don't think that most builders, remodelersm etc, today, have that same artistic flair they had back in the day. I know it costs more money, and aren't we all cost conscious today, but it really shows in the workmanship. JMHO
ReplyDeleteYou are on fire this week!
ReplyDeleteAnother great finish (close enough). And wow, to that installation.
That is some wicked fantastic quilting! How brave were you to tackle that? It looks fantastic! And I also love the quilting you did on the tile quilt -- so much work . . . gorgeous.
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