months ago I joined a mailing list to challenge patchwork. This list is given a challenge each month, and the aim is to respond with a miniquilt. This month the challenge we
40 and the theme is packaging.
The aim was to take a box of a product, study the colors, to understand why those colors are chosen, with those colors and make a quilt with a still life.
I chose as the starting pack a bottle of "Milk Honey Nidra"
E 'white, probably chosen to give an idea of \u200b\u200bcleanliness and purity. Nidra has written in pink on white background that draws the eye but not much from the idea of \u200b\u200b"danger" of the color red. Then there is a drop drawn
yellow / orange, reminiscent of the gel inside, which has the same color, and is the color that one might imagine when you think of milk and honey.
Finally there are the entries made in blue, beautiful clear ma meno funereo del nero, ed il logo della palmolive in verde, che mantiene il colore del logo originario.
Some months ago I joined in the Fast Friday Fabric Quilt challenge mailing list.
Here is my quilt for the challenge 40. The challenge was to choose a product packaging and to study the colours and why they are used.
Then use those colours to do a still life quilt.
My inspiration came from the "nidra latte miele" (nidra milk honey) bath gel bottle.
The bottle is all white, I think because it want to give the idea of clean, purity and a product that doesn't set upon the skin. Then there is the "nivea" word in dark pink. I think that the pink is as
readable as the red, on white background, but don't give the "attention" or "danger" message that the red would give. Again the pink may be more attractive for women. There is a yellow/orange drop. The colour is really close to the colour of the gel and wants to refer to the idea of the colour of honey mixed with milk.
The "palmolive" logo is white and green. This is because the storic logo is green, I don't think there is a specific purpose, is just something that "have to be". Finally other words are in blue. The blue is very clear readable on white, but is not as "funereal" as black.
Per fare il mio quilt ho deciso di invertire la predominanza dei colori, la bottiglia ha molto bianco, io ho scelto di usarne invece pochissimo, dando invece molto più spazio agli altri colori: rosa, giallo, blu e verde.
Così ne sono spuntati questi fiori.
Il quilt è di 8x9pollici (20x23cm). Il disegno è fatto con matite acquarellabili su seta bianca pretrattata in un bagno di soda.
Ho quiltato e mi son avventurata nel campo del thread painting per delineare i particolari e le forme. Infine ho abbellito con perline e pajette.
Son ben accette le critiche costruttive ^_^
I've done a little quilt (8x9") with two flowers. I wanted to try what happens reversing the predominance of the colours. The bottle has a lot of white, so I've decided to use very little of it, just for binding and beads, using more the colours that are less used in the bottle: blue, pink, yellow and green.
I've tried to use watersoluble pencils on silk, but I hadn't soy to do the soy milk, so I've tried soaking the silk in a soda solution. It didn't help for colour spreading, but I hope it will help for colour resistance. I've quilted and tried a sort of thread painting (my first time)
Well, this is the first time I do something different from "take the design - follow instructions", this time I've "Just done it."
I'd like to hear comments, suggestions and constructive critics.
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