Faces. The first prompt of Round Three. For this round I’ve decided to go with pieced art quilts. There are a few reasons for this change.

First, I really like to piece, and in the waning months of the Coronavirus shutdown, I made several pieced quilts based on wonky graphic symbols, like the Greek key. In fact I used that design as the basis of my quilt depicting isolation.  (You may have read about it here: https://clothincommon.com/isolation-the-quilt/). 

The second reason for switching to pieced quilts is time—or lack thereof. I had been creating digital images and having them printed on fabric.  Since I don’t print on fabric myself anymore, I had to send the images out. The turnaround time was usually a month. Since I like to hand stitch the digital images, if I didn’t think of an idea for the prompt immediately after it was announced, I was always rushing to finish on time. 

Finally, I presented all my artwork to my fabulous critique group, in the hopes that they would help me decide where I should concentrate my artistic energy.  After listening to all the comments, I decided to focus on my wonky, intricately pieced and slightly humorous style.

So there you have it. I’ll give you a sneak peek at some of the components of my Face quilt, but you’ll have to wait until the end of July to see how I put it all together.