Thursday, May 20, 2010

A little ahead of myself

I have been hurrying to finish a small quilt that I thought was due on June 1. Turns out it isn't due until July !! Nice feeling to be that far ahead of schedule. This is the piece I just finished for the SAQA auction.

I took this picture last Spring when our STASH group went to the beach and based my design on it.



Interestingly, several weeks ago I was reading blogs and came to fellow 12 Diane Perin Hock's photo of the black and white rooster she had just finished. I was so surprised to see it because I had the plan in my mind for my own black and white rooster, using black and white print fabrics. I think I have mentioned before that Diane and I seem to often be working on a similar wavelength! I quickly closed her blog and vowed not to look at her piece again until after I finished my own rooster. I didn't want to be influenced by choices she had made for her rooster. Now that I go back to see hers I don't think they are that similar, but I love hers! Just goes to show that there are only so many ideas in the universe, but two people can interpret the idea in two different ways.
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10 comments:

  1. Leigh4:21 PM

    I really like chickens, and your rooster is great! I would not see your and Diane's pieces as similar - yes, both are roosters, but it's just a different feel.

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  2. Angie5:03 PM

    The rooster is awesome -- I am amazed at the detail. As I am still "new" to quilting, how did you determine the pattern? I can't tell if it is paper piecing?

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  3. Harmony Hopes Studio5:22 PM

    Handsome fella!

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  4. Bev6:23 PM

    Really, really nice job! Love it.

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  5. Cate Rose6:27 PM

    I love this piece, Terry! You did a really great job on it!

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  6. Kristin L7:24 PM

    They are the same, but different, and that's the fun thing about art. I love seeing how different artists interpret similar subjects. It's part of what makes 12x12 such an interesting group.

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  7. Eva11:45 PM

    So true to life! Don't show this quilt to the rooster, he will start fighting it.

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  8. Barbara6:18 AM

    I especially like the way you captured the head of the rooster. I think your eye looks better than the real thing. The black-and-white must have been a challenge.

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  9. Diane Perin6:11 PM

    What a wonderful rooster! And it's very funny that we both had the impulse to interpret that sort of creature in fabric! We are both drawn to graphic images, so I guess it's no surprise that this wonderful black and white and red creature would get us both going! I love your background, too!

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  10. Susan Brubaker Knapp8:32 AM

    Love him! I like how you echoed the shape of his head and "shoulders" with the mountains behind him.

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