When I read about our new prompt, I remembered some fabrics that I made during my summer artist residency in 2019. I had sun-dyed some fabric with sun paint and natural plant materials. These were just waiting for the right opportunity, and as they were literally made by sunlight I thought this is a good idea!

The paint is yellow before exposure to the sun
After sun exposure
Experimenting with flower heads
I snuck a layered gel print of leaves in there!

I pieced the sun-printed fabrics together and decided to hand stitch the quilt to get a more organic feel that would represent the forest floor and wild vegetation. The sun rays peeking through the dense woods are made from organza and machine-stitched onto the patchwork.

In the Deep Woods
Regina Marzlin
Dimensions: h 40″ x w 28.5″
Material: sun-dyed and monoprinted cotton, paint, organza, embroidery floss
Technique: printing, piecing, hand- and machine stitching

8 thoughts on “In the Deep Woods

  1. I really like how your sun prints are more than one color in a single panel. Great idea, and so effective in this piece!

  2. thanks for sharing how you made the piece. Every Spring I mean to do some sun dyeing, but never get around to it. This is a very effective use of the technique.

    1. Thank you Jeanne, yes, I was happy to include the sun prints, sometimes it pays off to wait for the perfect use for fabrics.

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