This has been a hard quilt to complete. So many ideas were
discarded as problematic. It came
together in a week by combining two elements:
reading, for me a solitary and quiet pursuit and taking pictures of
buildings on a recent trip. The church that the window is based on was closed
and silent as I walked past but the walls were full of rich detail and from the notices it has a vibrant
life at other times.
In keeping with the theme “Sounds of Silence” I tried some
hand work: Hand appliqué ( not such a silent pastime as the little pieces kept
wriggling around in spite of the liberal use of pins and rulers), hand
embroidery and hand quilting. I did use some machine work but aimed to keep the machine
quilting “quiet” and understated. The book pages came from two books I have had
for many years, rereading them until they are falling to bits. These were
scanned and printed onto fabric using Bubble Jet 2000. Other techniques: Raw
edge appliqué using Bond a Web, piecing and embroidery with perlé cotton
