While pondering the “green” challenge”, the idea which came
to mind repeatedly was leaves. I began
by making square blocks of green fabric loosely based on the log cabin
pattern. Each block contained at least
one fabric with a leaf pattern. Although I liked the direction this was taking,
it was not really breaking any new ground. Then I saw a PBS program, Craft
in America: Threads, which featured among other artists, Faith Ringgold.
One of her works which was based on eight triangles in a rectangle, was inspired
by a design used by the Kuba people of the Congo. Miss Ringgold has frequently used
variations of this design
in her work.
Incorporating leaves into
this geometric pattern became my goal. Gloria
Muddle’s technique of painting on fusible web and adhering the painting to
fabric described in the February/March 2012 issue of Quilting Arts inspired me to try printing
leaves onto fusible web. This method was fun and yielded varying degrees
of success. Printing on fusible web instead of directly onto the fabric meant
that I was not ruining fabric if the leaf print was unsuccessful.
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