Bird of Paradise Quilt Complete

My slightly abstracted Bird of Paradise quilt is now complete.

I intended for this piece to be more abstracted. Therefore, I pieced it, thinking that this would automatically simplify the shapes. Well, apparently my piecing skills are better than I thought, because I found the shapes to be almost perfect. So, I purposefully sliced into them to create irregularity. (Or, was the problem with my brain just not wanting to deviate from my original image, which I loved.?) At any rate, I’m happy with it.

This piece uses exclusively my own hand-dyed and printed fabrics.

I’ve named it Arabesque, which is a strong ballet pose. In it, the dancer balances on one foot (toes) with arms spread forward and back and her remaining leg out-stretched behind her. The petals of this flower reminded me of that.

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Ellen Lindner