This week’s project quilting challenge is sunrise/sunset. My quilt is called “Brutiful,” a term I heard this morning in a TED talk by Glennon Doyle Melton. It’s a mash-up of the words brutal and beautiful. Isn’t life both most of the time? This term is perfect for what I’ve been thinking about while designing and making the quilt this week. (Yes, only 7 days to make quilts in this challenge!) It’s thinking about a sunrise in autumn while in a deep dark pit. It’s the hope that in the brutal beautiful still exists and is accessible. With that in mind here’s my process story in photographs.
Here’s the finished quilt. It’s 30×40 inches and has machine piecing, hand embroidery, hand quilting, and machine quilting. I did them in that order too. It’s bound in black so as not to distract from the dream. The sunrise is yellow, orange, and pink crumb-pieced blocks.
Click here and check out the other sunrise/sunset projects. Vote for your favorites and be inspired by the art!
I’m linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching and Main Crush Monday and Show and Tell Tuesday.
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Meg, not only do we both love quilting, we both love Glennon Melton! You’re gonna love this: http://thelifeofkylie.com/2014/04/09/so-this-just-happened/
An interesting challenge. I’d find the one week time limit daunting. I like your color palette and concept.
Interesting word, but I love the quilt. I can see why this is your MCM post.
Love your “Project Quilting” art quilt….and your “crumb-pieced blocks”! What a great way of using up all the little bits & bobs we have left after a project. Mim going to have to give that a try…loved your YouTube explanation. 😄. Jane W
I’ve dabbled in crumb-piecing, but it never looks quite what I’m going for. You inspire me to try again. I really enjoyed reading about your creating process. Love PQ and how it stretches us. Great quilt and inspiring process.
I love the stretch too. You can try out (or try again) techniques without it having to be a big-deal thing. And the deadline encourages me to keep going when I’m learning rather than put it away for another time. Procrastination is the enemy of art sometimes. Thanks Carla.
I love the little orange improv panel. It looks like it was a lot of fun to make.
It was! If you want to see how I do my crumb-piecing check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmejAE0l0Y
Really like your process with this. I’m always amazed at some of the things that are on TED talks. My husband keeps up on them but I tend to forget about them for a while and then they’re all new to me. Visiting from stash bee as well.
I don’t watch TED talks often but when I do I’m always impressed. I kind of forget they’re available until someone recommends one on Facebook.
I really like the quilt and your description of the inspiration. I am visiting from the Stash Bee linkup. 🙂
Thank you! I’m also visiting the Stash Bee posts today. Such a great group of artists.
Wonderful! I especially like the description of your process. 🙂
Thanks Trish! I always enjoy hearing the story of other artist’s quilts. Thought I’d let you guys hear mine. 🙂
A wonderful quilt, and an inspiring video.
Love the word “Brutiful”!
I was nodding my head when the speaker used that word. I understood exactly what she was saying and knew it was the perfect term for my quilt!