I was thinking through what else Iâm looking forward to this holiday season and I realized I havenât mentioned it on here, just on discord, butâ MY MOMS BEEN MAKING ME A REALLY COOL ART THING??
I think Iâve talked about it before, but my mom has been a quilter for most of my life and in the last few years started doing these really cool fabric collages, and it was my turn to request one so I asked for a phoenix cause Iâm obsessed with this one art piece I did in art therapy ages ago
Anyway, my mom has been working on it and THIS was the last update I got???
Iâm so excited for it?? Canât wait to see where itâs at by the time I get there this weekend
dude holy fucking shit???? this is. beyond insane. i also quilt, though i've never tried paper piecing - though this doesnt even look like that. this has surpassed any and every sort of traditional quilt work. i can't even imagine how this is put together. im just staring at it in absolute wonder. youve short circuited my brain with how beautiful that is, and 'beautiful' isnt a strong enough word for what this is
So, as far as I can tell, this is a technique involving cutting tiny pieces of fabric with the colors/patterns you want and pinning and using fabric glue, and then sometimes sewing over top depending on the size of the pieces (this is what Iâve gathered from listening to my mom talk about it, but I know she learned the technique from a specific artist I canât remember the name of who sells books and classes). My mom also frequently uses tulle over areas with lots of small piecing, usually as a way to adjust color but also I think cause itâs easier to sew the tulle piece than try and quilt aaaaalll of the little bits and pieces.
Hereâs some pics from the workroom when I visited in November, and some pics from in-progress pieces before they were finished, if that gives you a better idea of how it works ^^
And hereâs some finished pieces!
Update! I asked my mom for the name of the artist who she learned the technique from! If youâre curious about this style, you can find more info on her website! https://susancarlson.com/
Susan Carlson Quilts
Apparently sheâs very generous with free tutorials as well as having books and workshops
Update! Re:technique, itâs mostly glued at first, with extra glue as well as some free motion quilting on top over areas that donât have tulle over them, and tulle stitched over some areas.
Also updates on the phoenix!
You can kinda see the metallic details on some of the fabrics chosen! I love them. Also a glimpse at some of the bits cut out to use in the tail!
Iâll sneak into the quilting room for more closeups of this and other pieces before I leave ^^
Updates! (First, oops I forgot to get more pics of the work room when I was home; family visits are always busier than expected)
I was given two options for background as my mom was finishing up the bird partâ
I ended up picking the greener one cause I love all the gold stuff, and my mom added even more gold details for that mythical feel
So this is the current most recent form!
I'm going out of my fucking mind.
Holy SHIT.


















