Optical Illusions Blog Tour and a Giveaway!
Welcome to my day on the Optical Illusions: Innovative Designs for the Modern Quilter blog tour! I'm so excited to share with you my quilt that I made for the book. We were asked to contribute a quilt that has some kind of optical illusion in the design. So without further ado, here's my quilt!
My influence was Victor Vasarely, a pioneer in the op art movement of the 1960s. I saw his poster, London Art Gallery online and was immediately drawn to it. I liked how the squares slowly morph into diamonds. I knew I didn't want to create and exact replica of the poster - although I was tempted! I started playing around with squares and diamonds on EQ. That led to tumbling blocks! But I wanted the squares to be represented, too. So I framed the diamonds with squares. I used gradations of the palest blue for the squares, and that became the background. To me it looks like the diamonds are floating in the sky. I was tempted to call the quilt Lucy! (Get it?)
I made a paper-piecing template for the diamonds to keep it simple. I normally don't paper piece, but it would have been more difficult to cut the diamonds with a ruler and rotary cutter since the angles aren't standard quilters angles! It also is fabulously quilted by the ever-talented Tia Curtis, who also has a quilt in the book.
I had such a good time with this challenge! And probably the best thing about it was it introduced me to the world of op art. There are so many images that can be translated into fabric. I see a series of mid-century inspired quilts in my future!
I invited my friend, Trisch Price, author of Accentuate the Negative, to review the book! Head to her blog and see what she thinks of the book and to enter her contest too!
Tomorrow is the last day of the tour. These three great bloggers will be reviewing the book and giving away more great stuff. Don't forget to check them out!
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3-D Diamonds by Jenifer Dick |
I made a paper-piecing template for the diamonds to keep it simple. I normally don't paper piece, but it would have been more difficult to cut the diamonds with a ruler and rotary cutter since the angles aren't standard quilters angles! It also is fabulously quilted by the ever-talented Tia Curtis, who also has a quilt in the book.
I had such a good time with this challenge! And probably the best thing about it was it introduced me to the world of op art. There are so many images that can be translated into fabric. I see a series of mid-century inspired quilts in my future!
I invited my friend, Trisch Price, author of Accentuate the Negative, to review the book! Head to her blog and see what she thinks of the book and to enter her contest too!
Tomorrow is the last day of the tour. These three great bloggers will be reviewing the book and giving away more great stuff. Don't forget to check them out!
Before you leave, leave a comment and I'll draw a winner of a copy of the book on Monday!
Your quilt is fabulous! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI love the design and the colors.
ReplyDeleteYour 3D Diamonds are gorgeous, you really captured the design with the warm colors in the center!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove your design!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely 3D diamonds!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite quilt from the book!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Trying to figure out what colors will work best for an illusion.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome quilt. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love love love this quilt and the inspiration. Great job on the quilt.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is fabulous. Great colors and quilting.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jenifer! Your quilt is fantastic and the book looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt turned out wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt and how your were inspired by op art.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. I love 3D works.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for your contribution to this book. Your quilt is enticing to this traditional quilter to try her hand at something modern.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway. Your quilt is so beautiful, but looks so complicated.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your quilt - I think it's one of the best ones in the book. But I'd have to...see... the book to, you know, double check!
ReplyDeleteMy husband recently took an drawing class and loved working with perspective.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt. Very clean and modern looking.
ReplyDeleteLove the effect optical illusions can have. 24Tangent@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love the projects in this book! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
ReplyDeletetdkcarpenoctem@hotmail.com
Your quilt is impressive! The Optical Illusions from this book look fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI love optical illusions and brain games so am hoping to get or win a copy of this book so I can make some of these great quilts. kthurn@bektel.com
ReplyDeleteI have been enjoying this tour and getting to see all of the optical illusion quilts and the stories behind them. Thanks for sharing your talent and for the opportunity to receive a copy of the book.
ReplyDeleteHI, such a neat quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove to win this book>Thanks for sharing!
msstitcher1214@gmail.com
I really like your optical illusion quilt. would love to win the book. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI think you should name that FAB quilt Lucy! LOL!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is "sew" interesting. This book has so many quilts that look wonderful .
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeletelovely quilt work thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
WOW great quilt
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on having your quilt in the book!
ReplyDeletelin dot web. dot 28 @ gmail dot com
I like the illusion that your quilt creates. It's amazing that color and block cut can create such illusions.
ReplyDeletetushay3(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have loved seeing illusional quilts. I made one several years ago using pictures of jungle animals and creating a shadow of the picture.
ReplyDeleteeagerly waiting for your modern applique book to drop through my letter box, I know I will be thrilled with it
ReplyDeleteJenifer, this book looks amazing! I love your translation of the art piece.
ReplyDeleteI love your Lucy!
ReplyDeleteFor some odd reason, that reminds me of Q-bert, a game I used to play in my youth. Yeah, I know, that dates me! LOL. Thank you for a chance to win. :-)
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! Stunning and gorgeous. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt and would love to make all of them if I win the book!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt! Such a cool illusion!
ReplyDeleteThese are all so gorgeous - I keep switching which one is my favorite! Thx for the chance to own this fabulous book!!
ReplyDeleteLiz
boltonia55@yahoo.com
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!! Liked your quilt when I first saw it - Now I love it to see that it is paper pieced. Please pick me.
ReplyDeleteI love these quilts! I can't get over the optical illusions. Facinating. sarah@forrussia.org
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt, Jenifer!!
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting to see this one! It is the best! I think it fits the "optical illusion" bit better than the others in the book, which were still all so wonderful as well. So cool!
ReplyDeleteLOVE optical illusions!
ReplyDeletelowson@swbell.net
I would so love to add this book to my quilting book collection. Your "lucy" quilt is so striking! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI just got the book and your quilt is my favorite. Could you share the names of the solid colors that you used in your quilt?
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