SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) has an auction of art quilts every year, and this year the Oceania members contributed 32 pieces to the collection.
The Blog Hop goes “behind the scenes” to reveal how many of these pieces came about.
A full list of participating artists is on the main SAQA Oceania blog HERE.
This is my auction piece, Black and White #3:
I love black and white quilts and optical illusion quilts. Black and White #1, also known as Op Art Quilt, was made in 2010, for an art auction at my kids' school:
Black and White #2 was made in March 2012. I had planned it to be my SAQA auction quilt for 2012, but it ended up being too large:
All of these quilts are made in the same way: the background is pieced by sewing strips of black and white fabric together. More strips are sewn together and from this fabric pieces are cut and appliquéd to the background with a satin stitch:
Up close this is easy to see:
For more inspiration, visit Susie Cujes and Maggie Gilbert who have already shared their creations.
Coming up soon are Linda Stokes on 15 August and Robin McGrath on 17 August.
4 comments:
So effective and interesting to learn how you get the look.
Love your black and white quilts; from childhood I have loved the starkness and cleanness of the contrast.
I love your description of this method. Can I utilize your idea in making one of my own....strictly for personal pleasure, not for resale?
bookmarked!!, I love your blog!
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