Friday, April 13, 2012

April?

I'm committing myself to ScriptFrenzy this month (so proud of myself for still being on track here near the end of week two!), but I don't want to let all of April go by without a post. So, here's one courtesy of my own little craft-companion!

The first photo is a drawing Cora made as a pattern for a quilt. Then I asked her to make a list of all the design elements in her pattern and what kind of fabric she would want to use for that item/shape. Then, there was a lot of sorting through my fabric bins, talking about color/texture/shape interactions, and through a combination of seaming, fusible applique, and stitching, we arrived at the last photo.

For the parts that are fused, I had Cora draw the shapes on the fusible and, after I cut them out, she positioned them on the fabric. Then I pressed them in place. It was an excellent collaborative experience, completely led by her own vision.

For example, after looking through the fabric she found a piece of fabric featuring cat heads - she pulled it out and said, "This will be perfect for a cloud!" I wasn't so sure, but it was her design, so we went with it. Turns out she was right. That is one awesome cloud.










3 comments:

Snickollet said...

Wow, I absolutely love that quilt, and love how you two worked together to create it.

Best. Cloud. EVER.

MARY G said...

Gorgeous, and the lucky girl is learning skills that will last all her life.
Good mama points abound.

Brian Dorff said...

Hi there--absolutely awesome cat cloud! The fact that she is so creative speaks volumes to her parenting--kudos to mom!

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