About a month ago I was asked to create a piece to hang in Representative Alan Austerman's office in Juneau. Very exciting, because it was my first commission, and because of where it will hang. They looked at the pictures on my blog and decided that they wanted one with similar colors to the quilt on my header, and specified the size of 30" x 40".
The background is pieced-first by sewing strips together, then I cut squares from the resulting fabric. I did 3 different strip sets- one for the forground, one for the mid section, and one for the water. The fish and crabs were printed with blocks that I carved, and Daniel Smith water soluble printing ink. I carved a second, smaller crab so they appeared more distant. I cut them out and fused them to the background. The seaweed was stitched on tulle layered with angelina fiber and water soluble stabilizer. I shaped the rocks using freezer paper, then used an invisible stitch to apply them to the quilt, with various ribbons tucked behind for more seaweed. Finally, I added more embellishments with buttons, beads and hand dyed pearl cotton. I love the little beaded jelly fish.
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Gorgeous Sally! What an honor to be hand-picked to do this for him. Wow!
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