I'm not great with words, better with pictures, so here are some photos all in one group of small quilts mounted to fabric covered gallery wrapped artist canvases, along with other ways I display my art quilts. That way of displaying quilts has been mentioned again on the Quiltart list.
Here is a photo of part of my display from my last show of last season. This photo shows most of the ways I display my work. On the right, there are two postcard size pieces mounted on fabric covered artist canvases. On the table toward the left, there is the organizer thing for mail that I display postcards that are unmounted. Mini quilts for framing are displayed in clear bags, standing in the green boxes. The larger pieces all have hanging sleeves on the back for slats or rods. The narrow sunprint piece in green, has a bamboo skewer hot glued to the back to use to hang it on a thumbtack or hook. There is also one piece shown here that is in a regular frame. A little of everything here.
Here is a piece that was shown in a previous post that I have mounted to a plain white canvas. Colors seemed to take away from the fairly busy piece. The quilt is 12" square, mounted on a 16"x20" canvas. "My Dream House"
Here are some older pieces that I mounted on fabric covered canvases.
"Mini Garden Walls" on a multicolored fabric I painted. "Beside the Door" on black cotton.
I have purchased a couple canvases that are the right size to mount some of my wider long sunprint pieces like these. I'm not sure if I will mount something I already have, or come up with something new.
My Newest Project Finished
I have been admiring all the ideas for journal and book wraps and covers in "Quilting Arts" and other places. I really needed to do something for myself. I purchased a new Bible this summer that is a paperback. (I needed one with bigger print so I could read it easier, but it is big to carry.) My previous one is also a paperback, and the cover and pages really are showing wear from use. I finally stopped the procrastination, and got this one made this yesterday. I had cut the Peltex base for this many weeks ago, but was not sure just what I wanted to use for fabric. I wanted something cheerful, but something that would not show dirt, etc. from handling. I also needed a handle to carry it easier, and pockets inside to hold papers, and a pen. Here you can see the handle at the spine of the book. I used a strip of fabric with fusible on it, folded and fused it, the used a decorative stitch to add some interest and add some strength. I then stitched it on before doing any of the inside work. The stitching lines showing are from stitching the pockets to hold the book covers.
The inside is a piece of painted fabric in blue and green with salt patterning, with some imperfect sunprints for the pockets. I used 2 pieces of experimental gelatin prints for the pockets I made to hold the book in place. I stamped these with a pearl white paint for subtle interest. The book cover pockets have a fusible medium weight interfacing in them to make them sturdier. If this was for a hard cover book, that probably would not have been needed.
This shows the other end of the inside, with the other gelatin print. the pocket for this side is from the fabric the front sunprint was taken from. The pocket for the pen is placed where the edges of the pages are when the cover is closed. The flower on the right is covering up the "cheater" method of holding the button on the other side. The shank was quite large, and I cut a tiny hole for it to go all the way through, then threaded narrow strips of fabric through the shank and fused them down. I then added the flower that was black like the one under the handle covering where the ribbons were stitched on. This flower is now pink, after a coat of nail polish- it added some zip and shine to this flower.
This photo shows the outside opened up. I began doing stitching with clear bobbin thread to lessen the look of the stitching, then I switched to the gold both top and bobbin. The outside of the cover is what was left of one of my blue, green and shimmer fabrics. A Maidenhair fern sunprint was used on what became the front when closed, and strips from another sunprinted piece fill out the edges. I couched black yarn over the seams with a decorative stitch, and couched it on the edges all with gold metallic thread. When deciding how to hold it closed, I decided to use the gold dogwood button, and was going to make a loop of the black ribbon, but ended up playing with the ribbon, and button and ended up being able to just wrap the ribbon cord around the button a couple times, then tuck the heart shaped bead under to hold more securely. Now I should be able to avoid those embarrassing moments when all the papers that have gathered in the book fall out during a service.
I may be doing a modified version of this to cover boring old spiral notebooks. That's what I use for my idea books.
Last but not least, here are a few photos I took while walking to the mailbox Saturday to get an application for a show out. There was no driving..... I had to walk in the field and grass, and still slipped a lot. The driveway is a rutty, 1/4 mile from the trailer to the mailbox, Ken almost didn't get out with 4WD.
There is beauty even in a cement block frosted with ice and sprinkled with sleet.
The moss was imprisoned in ice also, It doesn't show real well here. It looks like wild strawberry leaves with the moss. I was glad I thought at the last minute to take my camera on my walk.
This was a shot looking down the hill toward the yard and our trailer (just out of sight behind the trees to the left). When the ice melts, the ruts will be back in their full glory.
The parking area shot shows where the truck was parked, looking up, toward where the previous photo was taken. The upper left curve starts where the previous photo ended.
Here is what greeted me when I finally got back from the mailbox. I had to walk around and go in the back greenhouse door. The plants in the pond are thinking spring. With the longer days, new growth is everywhere. And look.... my first flower of 2008, a water Iris bud opening! They don't last long, so I'm glad I caught it. It is a lot earlier than last year's blooms, probably because it is warmer in there this year with the wood stove there heating the whole house.
Now, back to the studio. I still have not finished my FFFC piece yet.
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