The View From My Hammock - Quilt of the Week

 

The View From My Hammock," 20" x 27.5", made by Pam Geisel

We're almost half way through 2021 and things are opening back up and getting back to "normal." I came up with the idea for a Quilt of the Week to give me something to post on Social Media, since art shows and exhibits went away because of the pandemic, but I currently have two pieces out in exhibits, a group and a solo exhibit planned, and at least one art event on my schedule for the rest of the year, so I have more to promote but I'll continue with the Quilt of the Week.

This week's quilt, The View From My Hammock, was made from a photo I took in our backyard from (spoiler alert) my hammock. It's a layered applique created the way that the last two Quilt of the Week pieces (Time Lapse Moon Rise and High Line in New York City) were made, only those were made up mostly of square pieces for the sky and this one just wasn't working with square pieces so I switched to organic shapes.

The main thing I learned when making this was that making clouds is difficult. If you look at photos of clouds there are so many different shapes, textures, and colors and that even real clouds don't look real. For these clouds I added gray to the bottom of them to look like the shadows you see from the ground. I also incorporated lacey and sheer fabrics to provide them with visual texture.

Because this is the Quilt of the Week, it is 10% off the original price of $580 through 6/6/21 if you purchase directly from me. Details can be found here.

Three art quilts in the 25th Annual Art Quilt Exhibit at Aullwood Audubon Center

Three of my art quilts (from left: "Persian Shield", "The View From My Hammock", and "She Paints With Fabric") are included in the "Spots, Stripes, and Shapes in Nature," the 25th annual art quilt exhibit at Aullwood Audubon Center, located at 1000 Aullwood Rd. in Dayton, Ohio. The show runs from Sept. 16 through Nov. 4 and there will be an artist reception on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 2-4 p. The center is open M-Sa from 9a-5p and Su from 1-5p. There is a $5 admission fee that allows access to the center and also to the farm.

New Note Cards!

I had some new professionally-printed note cards made of some of my quilts.

Top row, left to right: Birches, Reflection/Refraction, Mermaid Haiku.
Middle left: The View from My Hammock
Bottom left: Virginia Reel
Middle: She Paints with Fabric and Standing Tall
Middle right: Sweet Dreams Counting Sheep
Bottom right: Louie

They are available as singles ($5) and in sets ($25) at in Yellow Springs at Village Artisans, where ever I'm doing a show, and on my Etsy page.

The View From My Hammock

"The View From My Hammock," 20" x 27.5", made by Pam Geisel, 2015

This art quilt is based on a photo that I took of the sky and the trees from my back yard a few years ago.

My original idea was to make the sky with square pieces of fabric, similar to the way I did it in "High Line in New York City," but it just wasn't working for me. I was happy with the way the trees and roof were going, so I focused on them and saved the sky for last.

I tried a few ideas then cut some organic oval shapes and that seemed to work. I fused the pieces and quilted them down with long, curvy stitches, and added some pieces of lace cut in a similar way that was attached with the quilting stitches. You can see one of the pieces of lace at the top of the photo above.

Then I quilted around the edges of the trees and over the pieces that were fused down. To finish, I used a knife-edge binding.

You can click on any of the photos to see them larger.

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