Thursday 28 April 2011

Portland Pairs with Julianna - Dragonfly art quilt

Some time ago, Julianna from Jednoiglec Project Town asked me if I would like to take part in something you can call a personal challange. She showed me Portland Pairs group on flickr. The basic idea is to sew a quilt inspired by the photo. It's a great way to see, how two people can differently see one photo and can interpret it in completely different ways. After some time spent on searching for a suitable photo, we chose THIS dragonfly.

Today, finally, we can show you the results of our work.

Julianna made her dragonfly in a modern, fresh look:

You can read more about it on her BLOG.

My dragonfly is more traditional. I was fighting quite a long time with quilting it. It's about 23x15 inches and makes a nice wall hanging. I didn't really have purple/violet fabric then, that's why I used dark blue.




Lots of free motion quilting...


What do you think about it?


39 comments:

  1. It's wonderful! A great piece of art! I can't stop admiring it... I didn't know that it's possible to create such detailed view by sewing... I'm still in shock.... wow you're a pro :)

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  2. pikowanie genialne! Jak tylko zobaczyłam Twoją ważkę to pomyślałam "dlaczego ja tak nie potrafię?:("
    dziękuję Ci za wspaniałe wyzwanie!

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  3. Wow! That is fabulous! I am so impressed with the texture and shading you have achieved! A work of art indeed!

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  4. Przeszłaś samą siebie. Do tej pory pokazywałaś bardzo estetyczne prace, ale to już nie praca, tu zaczynasz robić sztukę. Szkoda, że nie mieszkamy "przez płot" to byśmy poszły na kawę:) Pozdrawiam Justyna

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  5. Kirie to ja tu tez mogę po naszemu pisać :-D wiesz co ci powiem jeszcze raz napisze ze piękne są te twoje rysowanie maszyna :-)) przypomniało mi się tym samym jak widziałam kiedyś w realu prace na podstawie zdjęć Yanna Arthus-Bertrand które możecie zobaczyć tutaj http://www.camomilleandco.freesurf.fr/photos_ouvrages.html

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  6. jestem pod ogromnym wrażeniem! wybrałyście przepiękne zdjęcie ale Wasze interpretacje to już wyższa szkoła jazdy! niesamowicie Ci wyszło pikowanie- ważka jest zjawiskowa!

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  7. Absolutne cudo. Chylę czoła z zapartym tchem.

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  8. Niesamowite jesteście. Przepiękne.

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  9. a mi szczeka opadla, przy obu pracach!! dziewczyny wielkie brawa!!!!

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  10. Oh.My.God.

    That is simply amazing! What a fantastic work!

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  11. A total work of art. The thread play is on a professional level or beyond!! The lady who took the photo is probably in shock.haha..ha.haa..

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  12. Obydwie prace są wspaniałe i doskonale odwzorowują zdjęcie !

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  13. po prostu cudne!!! rysowanie maszynową igłą - mistrzostwo świata, a jak włączane są te ciemne kawałki tkaniny ( nie widzę dobrze:) )
    Piękna, artystyczna praca, to znacznie więcej niż patchwork - podziwiam

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  14. jestem pod wielkim wrażeniem tego quiltu :) jest niesamowity, ma śliczne kolory no i jest jak narysowany maszyną - cudowny!!

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  15. Fantastyczna artystyczna praca !!!!!

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  16. O jacie kręce... to tak można ?? Podziwiam wspaniałości :D
    Kolory ekstra, a pikowanie - cudo, no po prostu cudo... :D

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  17. Your quilt is very beautiful, it is such a realistic version of the photograph! Your quilting looks wonderful, I would love to see more details.

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  18. Fabulous! Stunning! Gorgeous! Yep, that sums it up....

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  19. It is really beautiful...! The play with the thread is perfect... more like a painting than something sewn :)

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  20. I have never seen anything like this, it is absolutely beautiful.

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  21. omg! That's... just outstanding. I've never seen anything so detailed!

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  22. Oh my goodness this quilt is breathtaking. I am astounded by the fact that you made this!

    I'm following you from the Sugar Bee Crafts linking party. Please follow me at: www.daughterbydesign.blogspot.com

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  23. That is the most unique, beautiful thing I've seen in a very long time. I wish I had your talent!

    Belinda

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  24. That is incredible! Your work is amazing.

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  25. Oh wow - that is just amazing.

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  26. Fantastic. What a glorious free motion quilting project.

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  27. I think it's amazing! Love the colours and everything! What a great way to create, to make a patchwork - from photo! Thank you for inspiration and sharing this good idea!

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  28. This is so pretty! The colors are just perfect :)

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  29. I'm finally catching up on Wandering Wednesday's Blog Hop and have followed you via GFC.
    Happy Mother's Day! :-)
    Elizabeth

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  30. Супер! Филигранная работа!

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