“Colorful Language,” 9” x 7.5”, made by Pam Geisel June 2013
The design
element for this quilt is the most visible concept: color. Color can create
mood, evoke feelings, and create visual drama.
For our assignment
we were given a set of color chips and told to select a color we consider to be
ugly. I chose Olive Green. Then we were told to pick colors that would go with
the ugly color and make a quilt with it.
When I got
home and looked at my fabric, I had several olive green pieces that I really
liked so to me there was a big difference between a flat color on a color chip
and the rich color of a textured or batik fabric. Not to mention I have a lot
of olive green clothing, especially pants and shorts so the color must not be
that ugly to me.
There are a
lot of phrases with the word color but not a whole lot that don’t actually have
to do with color so for my literal interpretation I went with a sanitized
version of “Colorful Language,” although two of my words are also verbs (“SHOOT
a photo” and “DARN a sock”).
To make this
quilt I printed the words in reverse, traced onto fusible web, fused to back of
the fabric bubble (the darker color) and cut out the letters, much like reverse
raw edge appliqué. I placed these fabric bubbles over lighter color fabric.
Tomorrow...Adventures in Design: Letters/Words
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