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In between a few other projects I have been tidying up my website and exploring how to interpret another traditional quilt block design in 3D. My inspiration came from the exterior decoration on the main Library in Birmingham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Birmingham  Library of Birmingham  You will probably recognise it as a traditional orange peel design. There are many ways to create this patchwork block, some easier than others. Gillian Travis offers a class on an easy technique for those who do not like curved seams. https://gilliantravis.co.uk/teaching My exploration began by creating some fabric using organza and the pages from an old book that had fallen apart, a nod to the library. The image below is actually the negative left after I cut out some orange peel shapes.  Orange peels cut from organza/paper fabric Using some left over pieces of fabric from another piece I explored folding and pleating curves to create the centre shape to fill in the gaps in the tessellation made by the peels. It was interesting to see how the fabric can be distorted and how new shapes can be formed by this method. In what turned out to be a fiddly process, I was able to create an orange peel style block with 3 dimensions.  Experimental 3D orange peel block by Claire Passmore From here it was just a question of repeating the process to join more sections together. I am looking forward to developing this idea further.  Claire Passmore: several orange peel sections joined together My website has had a facelift, making it easier to view (I hope), particularly on smaller devices. Apparently more people now use the internet on a handheld device than on a traditional desktop computer - so scrolling is the way to go! You can see the new format by clicking the button below I have also rewritten 2 of my classes so they can be delivered live online or as shorter 'demo-talks'. I have already successfully delivered them to a few groups and have had some very nice feedback. You can see my teaching information by clicking on the button below. If you have any feedback, good or bad, I'd love to hear it. In the meantime, thanks for reading and try and keep well.
4 Comments
Ludie Bihlet
18/1/2021 05:18:32 pm
Claire 22/1/2021 01:42:13 am
Looking at your last picture I was reminded of the cathedral windows block which I've never connected to the orange peel block but there it is as I view some quilts on-line. The technique has little if any similarity to how the orange peel block is traditionally put together. Perhaps a look at that might give you additional ideas of how to take this 3-d.
claire
22/1/2021 07:59:32 am
Hi Sheila, thanks for your comments and observations. 22/1/2021 09:58:00 pm
And the way you approached it is exactly why it suddenly reminded me of cathedral windows. Early in my quilting career I gave cathedral windows a try. I only made a few until I realized I didn't enjoy the process of folding back the fabric to reveal the center fabric and hand stitching it down. It was really difficult to get the fabric to curve nicely. But I still love the look of a quilt made with them. And I think you are on the right track here. Leave a Reply. |
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