Sunday, January 21, 2007

Four down and

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one to go one to go....Jeff Connie and I got together at my house yesterday a little before noon to sew quilted borders onto his charcoal sketches...these are pieces that Jeff Drew on Canvas and set with several coats of fixative....I was worried they would smear so I tried ...the charcoal...notorious for smearing did not smear a bit...
Connie and Jeff discussing what should happen next...



Using my huge scrap bag all kinds of wild and wonky scrappy blocks were pieced together to form the borders...fabric was piled everywhere...Okay guys... quit grinning and get busy...we have alot of work to do!:>

This is a small canvas...maybe 12 x14...called the leaving...something about it is quite sad to me...and i think the blue borders were ideal...whacked and rearranged several times...This is the biggest one...the canvas part is about a yard square...not counting the borders...Now I lay me down to sleep...Jeff thinks of better names... We hung the finished "tops" on the cupboards and the cat discovered that there was house on the counter...he was in quilt cat heaven..About 6 we decided we were hungry so I threw a pizza in the oven...we were so busy and so tired..this is what happened to the pizza...we forgot it...we did eat some spanokopita...which did not burn...did i say i love spanokopita???
Tired Jeff...what happends when you dont get much dinner:>

The fourth one....yahoo...getting DONEEEE....one more to do plus to put on the backs...glue and batting ...wonder how that will work....the experiment continues!

5 comments:

Mandi aka Fabric Princess said...

wow! those are sooooo cool!!!!

Lin said...

WOWEE, Maggie -- these are fabulous! I've missed you too! I had 2 conferences, taught on Saturday and criss-crossed NC .. One more insane week like that to go before a bit closer to normalcy .... you look like you had a ball!

Alison said...

Thank you for showing us these - very interesting to see how the sketches and scraps look together - wonderful.

Nina Johansson said...

This guy´s drawings are awesome. And so is the framing - great idea, I don´t think I ever saw anything quite like it. Unusual approach to drawing AND framing. Love it. I love "the leaving" the most, and the top drawing, with the people and the cats.

Sue said...

These are awesome! What a great idea. And then I had a thought - what if he drew a border to go around one of your quilts?