this project logged over 300 hours on the ole quilt-o-meter.
I am so happy with it, and almost equally happy it’s over.

This is a project working with a bay area designer for a bed quilt.

he wanted a famous person on his bed, and with his love of Magritte we designed it to be a bit uncanny.

I wanted the image to show up when viewed on the bed, since most of my work is designed for viewing on the wall.

Here are the three pertinent images:

front:

the whole enchilada:

a picture of the quilt hung up:

what do you think?

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This quilt has taken me 300 hours already.
I think [Hope] it will be my most successful piece when its complete.

Here is the figure in fabric layed out on the driveway:

From roughly the right place to see the image:

here is the Background its going on:

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I have been wrangling a flag over the past few weeks.
I wanted to unvail it in its doneness but since the timing is so right.
thought i would post a teaser to show what the process has been:

I think its important to note my car for scaler dimension.
[I realize the travesty of laying a flag on the ground, but this flag is far too large to be measured or seen on any floor or surface I know of. it's 20 feet by 30 feet. It was purchased at the goodwill bins and salvaged from being turned into scraps. i think making a flag out of it is a better fate and the few moments on the ground will be made up for as its displayed with pride across the country in all the best museums...[hint hint hint]]

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Here is where I have gotten to during the week working on my quilt of Benjamin Franklin.

From one side:

From the other side:

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Here is another project made from clothes into a quilt top waiting for the image to be appliquéd on top.

Here is my studio assistant wading through the pile of reds that will become the top

cutting the clothes into usable pieces:

cutting the pieces into strips to be sewn into the top:

Assembling the pieces into blocks:

the blocks into the whole:

the finished top: [Maggie for scaler reference]

Detail:

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