This is the second piece cut from what was going to be another Fire Line quilt; the first piece became Fire Break. I have been cleaning up the studio and had rolled up the abandoned quilt, which I went back to examine. Worth saving? Cannibalizing? More cuts. I'm in a gold and black mood, I guess.
Ashes Ashes
15.5" x 16" (39.5 cm x 40.5 cm)
letterpress printed, Japanese yard-dyed, hand-painted, and commercially printed cottons; applique; beads; hand-quilted with sashiko "grasses" and "waves" patterns
Detail:
The letterpress printing originally said Fire Line Do Not Cross.
Thinking about flying sparks and about renewal after a disaster. Phoenix or fireweed.
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