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Posted by EstelleUK on September 11, 2009, 6:01 pm
You have described it beautifully Susan. I look forwards to seeing it.
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>I offered a quilt to my niece asking
> (1) size; up to queen
> (2) colors; suggested sending me paint chips
> (3) theme or style or mood
> She responded immediately with double size, turquoise/navy & shell
> colors, serenity. This is my idea -- no pictures -- you have to use
> your brain.
> A ghost layer quilt.
> -- Big horizontal wavy color wash in blue/tans
> -- Ghost layer of a coral silhouette -- big, basically covering the
> whole quilt
> -- Base layer of a school of fish with very simple silhouettes.
> -- "secret message" embedded inside of the word "Serenity"
> I'm really excited, but haven't managed to get anything on paper yet.
> I have decided not to try and draft it in EQ6. I'm going to do it on
> sheets of paper, then transfer to clear film with a sharpie, then
> stack up the layers & scan them. Then I can print it out full size
> without a lot of futzing.
> At first, I had the coral as the base layer, but the ghost layer is
> supposed to be only "light" and "dark", and it makes more sense for
> the coral layer to have 2 values, and the fish to have 3 values (light/
> medium/dark).
> Susan K
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>> Sounds intriguing. I've not heard the term "ghost layer quilt"
>> before; would you mind explaining the concept?
>
> It's by Katie Pasquini Masopust... http://www.katiepm.com/
>
> If you look at her gallery you'll see it. I bought her book from
> Amazon. It has very clear reliable techniques to get the magical
> transparancy.
>
> Here are links to my ghost layer quilts. Just "backup" on the url to
> "members.cox.net/kratersge" to get my main gallery page with
> descriptions and such.
>
> http://members.cox.net/kratersge/dgost.JPG
> http://members.cox.net/kratersge/dramaghost.JPG
> http://members.cox.net/kratersge/sunshine.JPG
> http://members.cox.net/skraterfield/om.jpg
>
>
> Susan K