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houses, buildings, landscape architecture, skylines, or hill-top
villages from the Provence. I considered all these ideas to discover that it was very difficult to work on the theme that I suggested myself!
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| detail of the center of the quilt |
One
of the meanings of Architecture is Construction. I
wanted to try a new quilt construction technique and was inspired
by the mosaics in
Park Güell (Barcelona), a park designed and built by
Antoni Gaudí and partly decorated by his co-worker (fellow architect)
Josep Maria Jujol.
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There is a lot of confusion and discussion going on on the
internet about who actually made the mosaic ceilings of the Hypostyle
Room in the park, Gaudí or Jujol. I have an Art History book about Gaudí
that says that the ceiling mosaics were made by Josep M. Jujol, so I
stick to that.
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| a star for Gaudí and Jujol |
It
was my first ever fabric collage/mosaic made of pieces this tiny. For the
circle I used templates of fusible web and after I ironed all the little
fabric pieces onto this web I cut them out and fused the shapes (center circle,
starry points and negative spaces) to the background fabric. The
fabrics around the circle are all glued to the background after I used some basting spray. I chose to quilt it very densely to prevent the little fabric pieces from getting loose. The
edge is finished with a blanket stitch.
It was a lot of fun, but I don’t know if I will ever ‘construct’ another collage/mosaic quilt!
Nicolette
oh my goodness, Nicolette, this is stunning!!!! I wish I could see it in person!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is amazing Nicolette. It does give me the impression of a tiled ceiling and I can imagine Jupol placing all those little tiles into it. Did you find it difficult to stitch through all the layers of fused fabric?
ReplyDeleteOoops spelled Jujol's name wrong!
ReplyDeletefor a first attempt at fabric collage you knocked it out of the park! Love your colours, and the tile effect - beautiful! great construction project!
ReplyDeleteConstructing this must have been tedious, but the result is lovely. Your precision and attention to detail are most impressive.
ReplyDeleteYour use of the blue and yellow makes a quilt that pops! So many tiny pieces of fabric. It certainly is a construction of beauty, well worth all the time you invested in it.
ReplyDeleteI knew this was your quilt before I read the post! Although you've used a new technique you have your own wonderful style that shines through. This is really beautiful Nicolette!
ReplyDeleteNicolette, this is really a stunning piece. Your colors pop, and I love how well you blended the values with those TINY mosaic pieces. I agree, you hit this one out of the ballpark.
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