Who doesn't like a quilt or know some special quilt maker? It puts me in awe to look at the time, exactness and artistry that goes into some quilts. My grandma, on Dad's side, who is a quilter, recently showed me her big quilt book, which featured some such quilts. I've started quilts but the only ones I've finished so far are the ones that are made of leaves and flowers. That's OK. after all, the first coverings were made out of fig leaves.
This picture is made of: oak leaves, dusty miller, money plant, Queen Anne's lace, corn husks, birch bark, yarrow, bougainvillea, black hollyhock, zinnia, Japanese maple, larkspur, rose, skeletonized leaves, eucalyptus, cantaloupe peel, daisy, primrose, bloody dock, lamb's ears, onion peel, nasturtium and thyme.
Thank you for your kind comment. Something I enjoyed about making this picture was that I made the quilt strip by strip and block by block. In doing that I could easily see when I was half way done or 3 quarters of the way done by looking at how many of the blocks I'd completed.
A multi-media artist since the time she could glue construction paper together and an avid gardener, 19-year-old Sarah Samsel combines her passions for creating and creation through “pressed flower art.” In addition to flower petals, Sarah uses foliage, seeds, bark, fruit and vegetable peels/husks and a variety of other natural materials to create pictures, many of which feature animals or historic buildings or depict a simple lifestyle in the Georgia mountains. Sarah got her start in pressed-flower art by making greeting cards, both for local shops and on commission, but has since turned exclusively to framed original art.
Sarah is a member of the World Wide Pressed Flower Guild. You can visit their website at www.wwpfg.org.
Nature and its varied forms are little windows through which God permits me to commune with Him and to see much of His glory, majesty, and power by simply lifting the curtain and looking in.
-George Washington Carver
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you.
3 comments:
sarah, your quilt is fabulous!:-)
i'll bet it was fun to do!:-)
how big is it?...
you have been very productive these days!:-)...keep going!:-)
rebekah:-)
Dear Miss Rebekah,
Thank you for your kind comment. Something I enjoyed about making this picture was that I made the quilt strip by strip and block by block. In doing that I could easily see when I was half way done or 3 quarters of the way done by looking at how many of the blocks I'd completed.
My picture is 8X8, frammed 14X14.
Sarah
I love the mixture of traditional fabric patterns, like the stars and polka dots, with the tiny whole leaves and flowers. A lovely piece!
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