Mermaid art quilt

2012 quilt exhibit

  Conner Museum at Texas A&M Univ. Kingsville

  Jan. 9th to Feb 29th

Reception will be held Jan. 19th.

Every year my friend Brenda and all the Conner staff do a wonderful job

of putting this exhibit together. 

The majority of quilts shown are

traditional bed quilts by a talented local quilt group

The Saturday Quilters.

There are a few art quilts, which mine will be one.

MERMAID

24 inches by 21 inches

The appeal of the mermaid; by and large, an unsavory lot.

There are many different legends about mermaids

throughout the world

as we all seem to be captivated by them.

This art quilt is made partly from my hand dyed fabric,

which some is soy wax batik...

 and partly from purchased fabric.

 I hand painted the mermaids face and torso

 using watercolor pencils and acrylic paint.

I used raw edge appliqué, beading (on her tail),

 and hand embroidery for this art quilt.

I finished it off with free motion quilting

using variegated thread.

My friend Karen suggested I do a mermaid quilt and

I really had fun doing this one.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne