Down In The Weeds

I love the little irregularities and muted colors of my eco printed and dyed fabrics. The first noticeable fact about this quilt is its size; few completed quilts are this small. I decided that a small quilt is a good place to showcase subtle details since it must be viewed close up. As I built this composition, I was thinking about giving the impression of enlarging something that is even smaller than the quilt itself (my title gives this away). Conversely, I imagined that it could be a distant, indistinct view of something that is very large. I used the pale blue background on the upper part of the quilt and the earthy background on the lower edge intentionally to imply landscape. I combined the cut shapes and stitching with the irregularities in the fabric for movement, depth, and the ambiguity of an abstract.