Total size of this piece is 11'x12'. Yes, ladies and gents, that's FEET! Each panel is 11 feet long and almost 4 feet wide. The woman who commissioned it never asked to see fabrics, design sketches, nothing. I walked around her house and made some comments, took some notes on colors and her existing art work to get a sense of her taste, and then showed back up 6 weeks later and hung it. Even though I made it, I have to say it is very impressive hanging on the wall. The vast majority of the prints are Mardi-Gras and music themes, two of my most favorite themes to work with. She and her husband were very happy with it and I sort of miss having it around. One interesting note about this piece; I never saw it as a whole until it was hung. There is no place in my house that I can lay out a 12x12 piece, so I worked on each individually and just trusted that I wasn't screwing it up too badly.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
The BIG COMMISSION
Total size of this piece is 11'x12'. Yes, ladies and gents, that's FEET! Each panel is 11 feet long and almost 4 feet wide. The woman who commissioned it never asked to see fabrics, design sketches, nothing. I walked around her house and made some comments, took some notes on colors and her existing art work to get a sense of her taste, and then showed back up 6 weeks later and hung it. Even though I made it, I have to say it is very impressive hanging on the wall. The vast majority of the prints are Mardi-Gras and music themes, two of my most favorite themes to work with. She and her husband were very happy with it and I sort of miss having it around. One interesting note about this piece; I never saw it as a whole until it was hung. There is no place in my house that I can lay out a 12x12 piece, so I worked on each individually and just trusted that I wasn't screwing it up too badly.
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It is hard to imagine the actual size of these...couldn't believe the dimensions! Good on the woman who decided to commission not only a quilt, but a triptych of such impressive proportions. And Good on you for creating this marvelous piece.
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