Friday, January 17, 2014

Eagle's View

For Voyage the theme this year is Earth. A broad subject, lots of options here. I decided to work with aerial views of different aspects. Here is my first quilt for this theme:

I have called this quilt Eagle's View. It is a view of part of the river Nile, just a bit south of Murchison Falls in Uganda. All fabrics used are my own hand dyed ones. The quilting I did in such a way that it resembles altitude lines. Size is 12"x17".  And as it is a Friday today, I am linking this post to Nina Marie's Off the Wall Friday.

8 comments:

Nina Marie said...

what a lovely abstract - of course you used my fav palette - its a rare day that you don't see me in either green or blue!

The Inside Stori said...

This is such a strikingly visual design that truly speaks of your theme.....all pulled together with wonderful textured quilting! Great!

Amy Art Quilter & Fyber Cafe said...

your hand dyed fabrics have a rich color, all blended really well with the river. Love it. AMY

Muv said...

Absolutely brilliant! I recognised it as a map straight away.

The Idaho Beauty said...

Not much I can add to these comments, except to say with the overlapping squares & rectangles, you've given a different aerial interpretation than most I've seen. Usually it's very geometric representing farmer's fields or city blocks. I like it.

MulticoloredPieces said...

Hi, Wil. I especially like the Nile as a design element, along with the curvy quilted lines. Lovely piece.
best, nadia

Sherrie Spangler said...

I love everything about this. It gives the feeling of flying.

Hilary Florence said...

A lovely composition, beautiful contrast between the straight piecing and the curved inset and great quilting. Did you fuse the pieces?
Hilary Florence