Spool Quilt

While working on an installation called "Threads: Gathering My Thoughts", I couldn't resist the dozens of spools that were left after I unraveled all the thread from them. A hair-brained idea occurred to me. These found thread spools were a perfect way to illustrate the new SAQA definition of an "art quilt". I intentionally made two separate layers of connected spools and then quilted the two, unique/found object layers together. The process of creating the work is blogged at: http://artbysusanlenz.blogspot.com/2014/08/spool-quilt.html. The work is meant to be suspended, allowing viewing from both sides and has been successfully exhibited in this fashion in local and national juried shows.