A few years ago Stephanie Wilds took a class called Fabricating Faces from Marilyn Wall at the John C Campbell Folk School. Lucky for me, her instructor, had been using my fabrics so Stephanie did her first faces block with my fabrics. She definitely found her niche with this technique. The quilt above is called Faces of Music and includes some of the most influential stringed instrumentalists of all times. I happen to be partial to Bela Fleck, here pictured with Toumani Diabate. She did all of these with fabric. For this quilt she used Claret, Maize, Denim and Forest Shades Packs. You can see detail photos of every artist block on her website. It should come as no surprise that Stephanie is now teaching From Photos to Fabric at John C Campbell since Marilyn retired. She has a weekend class coming up April 7 so there's still plenty of time to register. Class starts with you sending her an image which she manipulates for you prior to coming to class. I happen to have been given a sneak peek at the colors you will have to choose from for your project. Here are some pieces from her design wall. You can see what she did with the dog photo above. I think they are all amazing. But you can see that you can do faces, pets, or anything else! If this is something that you think you might like to do you can register for Stephanie's class here. I'll leave you with another of her beautiful pieces. I know this looks like a painting but that's all fabric! This is Swannanoa String Band, 1895 and you can read all of the details about this quilt on her website.
Now that we are inspired, let's all go and make some things this weekend!
Kristin F
3/18/2017 12:16:10 pm
Beautiful quilts!
Tina in NJ
3/18/2017 02:19:28 pm
I could have sworn those were printed on the fabric! My guild did a similar workshop a few years ago, but I didn't take it. I'm a very traditional quilter. 3/19/2017 08:14:32 am
Wow! I have been toying with the idea of a portrait quilt for some time. Right now it is still a bit too intimidating.
Karen
3/19/2017 03:52:16 pm
What a great tribute to these legends. Thanks for sharing. The fabric makes the photos show as individuals and as a group. Great talent,...and fabric. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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