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Sunday, November 23, 2014

NEW CURTAIN

I like to make home dec items using my quilting skills.  Recently we were discussing Gwen Marston's technique at my Modern Quilt Guild.  Gwen makes these small pieces of works that she calls sketches.  Sometimes they are complete in themselves and at other times they lead to a larger piece of work.

I love the rainbow colors and I use Kona solids a great deal.  I love how the quilting shows up so well on the solid fabric.

I decided to make a sketch piece using Kona medium grey for the background.  I called this little piece:  Roy G. Biv #1


This was a piece to practice on and then I increased the size and changed the design a little bit and made a larger piece called Roy G. Biv #2.


This became the curtain for the small window (24" x 36") in my Powder Room.


The two pieces hang together.


The room is so small it makes it difficult to get a really good picture.

I love how this looks in the daytime with the sun shining through it.


The recycled stained glass window pane hanging above it has the same colors.  The yellow in the ellipse does not photograph very well.


My DH and I found a stack of these windows about 25 years ago on Factor's Walk in Savannah, GA.  We bought several and have enjoyed them in our homes over the years.

-sandi

1 comment:

  1. I love it! I think I will replace my bathroom curtain with a small quilt!!!!

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