I spend a lot of the night staring at my digital clock so I created a Thermofax screen with the times that I see ranging from midnight through to dawn.

I painted fabric with a rough gradation of black to a silvery white, printed the times and then cut it all up into strips.

When it was pieced, it started to look like a city and that was a pleasant accident as I do spend quite a lot of time staring out hotel windows at night when I can’t sleep.

 This is what a regular sleep pattern looks like

 and this is what my sleep pattern looks like. Lots of fully awake periods.

 So I replicated the patterns with hand dyed silk organza and overlaid using Mistyfuse them onto my collage. I like to use Mistyfuse as is so soft and the result is transparent.

 Then I had a wonderful time quilting on my Bernina Q20 which stitched like a dream.

 Can you see my eyes wide open?

Sleep Elludes Me

Lisa Walton 2018

30″ x 20″

Hand painted and printed fabrics with an overlay of silk organza