My Journal Quilt for July was inspired by a visit to the Indigenous Australia exhibition at the British Museum.
Continuing with the mixed media theme, I started by using the ticket for the exhibition and an image used in the publicity. I started my tacking these to a calico background which I then monoprinted using a Gelli Plate. I built us a few layers of paint, using acrylic paints to which I added Golden Fabric Medium. Using a small "dabber" (something I found amongst the art department of Hobbycraft which I think is a blender) I added black and white circles. I then added hand embroidered French knots and running stitches and mother of pearl buttons. The paper pieces curled a bit as they dried so I secured them with some straight stitches.
As with all the other quilts this year, I used the same fabric for the binding and then added toning beads around the edge.
During August we spent many happy hours walking along one beach or other on the Sussex coast, so this was my inspiration for the next Journal Quilt.
The background of my own dyed fabric (some of the fabric I dyed in July) was monoprinted once again using a Gelli Plate. I then machine quilted sea waves and sand ripples. The "Seashore" letters were all cut from various magazines and attached using Matt Gel Medium. Fabrics including organza and scrim together with Angelina fibres were stitched in a wave-like way with hand stitches and seed beads. Some fishing twine was also couched to the sea area. On the sand section I stitched shells, wood and dried seaweed which I collected from the beach.
Once again the quilt was bound and beads were added to finish.
