While I was thinking about this theme, and wondering which of emotion or feeling to represent, I thought a lot about the impact of the pandemic on the feelings of all of us. I did wonder about making a quilt in different shades of grey! But of course life is not really like that all the time and I started thinking about more positive feelings. A recurring thought in my head was "and the greatest of these is love".
Love is, hopefully, one of the biggest, most optimistic, and most important emotions we have. It comes in many forms and is directed towards many things. I decided to make a patchwork heart, with pieces representing all the different loves.
I wanted the heart to stand out, so I left it unquilted, then I quilted loosely round it to make a kind of aura round it, and then very tightly in the rest of the quilt.
This is gorgeous Catherine, I am amazed at the size of those tiny patchwork squares! I like how you have managed to capture so many different aspects of one emotion in one piece, it is inspired :)
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Such teeny tiny pieces!
ReplyDeleteSuch a meaningful piece. I like the little squares of gold in the heart, as well as the patch. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI love all the little facets in the heart; they capture how there are so many factors in any emotion, especially love. And how there is still beauty after heartbreak, just a different kind than before.
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ReplyDeleteI love how there's so much thought and simplicity at the same time. Really effective.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful image. So full of meaning and beautifully made :)
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