What’s My Line was a game show popular in the UK and US in the 1950s and 1960s. The game involved celebrities trying to guess the contestants’ occupation, i.e. their “line of work” and was the origin of the expression “Is it bigger than a breadbox?”
My line of work involves, literally, lines. Tiny, skinny, sometimes barely visible sewn in lines textured with quilted with matchstick lines. For this piece, I used dozens of hand-dyed red fabrics sewn together with the tiniest of bright orange, pink and purple lines. I’ll post more about lines next week when it’s my turn to blog.
Susan J Lapham
Dimensions: 39″x46″
Material: Hand dyed cotton, cotton thread, silk batting
Technique: Improvisational design, machine pieced, longarm quilted
Give me a beautiful geometric any day, and if it contains the colours red or orange I am a happy camper. My last car was “passion red” and the current one is a metallic orange called “Light my fire”. These saturated colours with the tiny slivers of contrasting colour have lit my fire!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Subtle and fiery at the same time, very nice! The quilting is very successful.
Stunning! The colors are throbbing with vibrancy. Love it!
A bold and beautiful composition, Susan… looking forward to learning more about your design and dyeing process to bring on the RED!