During the Chicago Quilt Festival I learned to make a snippet landscape from Cindy Walter. Rugged Solitude was created by fusing little snippets of fabric using a picture for inspiration. No pattern. The class was relaxing and productive, and I enjoyed it very much.
My unfinished project in my snippet landscape class.
I finished over half of my quilt during the class, and unlike some of my other classroom projects, I was anxious to finish it when I got home.
Detail of the ocean in “Rugged Solitude
The secret ingredient in CIndy’s technique is Steam-A-Seam 2. This product allows you to easily move the pieces around as you design your landscape. But once you fuse the pieces with your iron, it is remarkedly permanent. I stocked up because I know I will use this technique in future quilts.
Cindy has several books on this technique. I bought several of them. This one may have been her first, but she also has a book on snippet flowers and a snippet Christmas motifs.
I chose to make Cindy’s technique my own by incorporating an African border. I embellished my quilt with painted wooden buttons and green crystals in the grass.
Detail of the cliffs of “Rugged Solitude”
I named it Rugged Solitude because I could image myself sitting on the cliffs enjoying the solitude in deep thought. I used an angel print on the back to carry out the theme of reverence for nature. There is a hanging sleeve on the back of the quilt for easy display and a label that documents the quilt. I quilted it on my machine.
Angels on the back of “Rugged Solitude”
Here is the picture I used for inspiration. I am very pleased with the result!
Inspiration picture for “Rugged Solitude”[/caption]Rugged Solitude is not for sale yet. Visit my studio store often in case I change my mind. #ovsmarvelousmay