Last Thursday
Jane Sassaman spoke at the NOVA Community College. If you're not familiar with her work, go check out her website:
janesassaman.com.
The
lecture was all about the history of Jane's inspiration and how she translates that into art on her quilts. We had the opportunity to view a few of her recent quilts up close:
The three quilts on the right in the photo above were created by appliqueing solid or hand dyed fabrics onto a base fabric. The green vines on the far right were cut from one continuous piece of fabric. The pink in the tree quilt is a hand dyed fabric that adds so much depth and dimension to all of the roots and the egg shape behind the tree. Below is a quilt made from diamonds and squares. All of the fabrics she used have a black background so they blend into one another seamlessly and make a kaleidoscope effect.
The first
Modern Quilt Guild challenge is to make a quilt based on the inspiration of your choice. What have you been working on?
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