Size 10" w X 12" h
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"The Vehslage Fiber Art Collection" 
owned by
Peter and Carolyn Lee Vehslage

Artist Comment/Statement:  This is the second piece made as the result of an art quilt group challenge to create a piece that was 10" x 12" and used only blue and green fabrics. The first piece I created ("Anemone") was too large for the challenge rules, so I created this piece inspired by a picture of "sea nettles jellyfish" in a National Geographic magazine

When I initially shared "Sea Nettles" with my art quilt group, they made a few suggestions, some of which I incorporated.  Look at the "Before Changes" picture [below] for the changes I made based on their feedback.  Can you find them?

Techniques: Raw edge fusing and piecing of fabrics.  Machine couching and free-motion quilting by machine.  The border edges were serged.  Surface embellishments of hand beaded glass beads, with machine couching, and hand embroidery.

Materials:  Fabrics used were batiks, hand-dyed cottons, woven plaids, and commercial print cottons.  Threads used for machine couching, free-motion machine quilting and machine piecing were rayon, commercial cottons, hand-dyed perle cotton, cotton and monofilament/nylon threads.  Embellishments of glass beads were added by hand.  Polyester batting was also used.

Before The Changes

To see the other challenge piece "Anemone" click on the picture or link

Anemone ©2001

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