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| Detail: brown paper bags, tea bags, thread |
Once you start stitching the ocean it becomes a happy compulsion. The original four panels of stitched wave patterns featured in an earlier post (
Stitching the Ocean) expanded to eight new panels, and now they have merged together into a quilt.
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| Seabed quilt |
The recycled brown paper bags, once washed, crumpled and dried, take on a seductive texture, one that lends itself beautifully to stitching. As noted in the earlier post, the patterns are inspired by a turn-of-the-century Japanese book on wave and ripple designs (
Hamonshu), and all thread ends are left dangling from the front of the piece because I love the end effect.
The only drawback to this piece is that the quilt as a whole is very tough to photograph. Enjoy the following detail photos.
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| Full quilt (2' x 2.75') |
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