Here are two of her larger leftovers quilts.
I like the way Marti combines larger pieces with tiny shards. I also like the fact that she has lots of interesting shapes. That's because the quilts she made to begin with had lots of interesting shapes, requiring a lot of diagonal and even curved cuts.
By contrast, my own quilts tend to yield only plain rectangular leftover bits. It's only when I use other people's leftovers that I get to work with odd shapes. (I suppose I could cut my rectangles into triangles and wedges and then sew them together, but somehow that seems to violate the spirit of leftovers art: you should work with what you get.)
Both of these pieces are very handsome. I am interested to know if after making work from leftovers, if you ever carry what you learned from this exercise into a second piece where you create from scratch shapes or relationships that you found in the previous piece?
ReplyDeleteTerry asks a good question that is going to take further thought on my part. I have never taken the concept of leftovers to the level of a major large work. I know I have liked certain shapes and slices and used them again as well as certain colors in relationship. But at this point I need to reflect on examples and get back to you.
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