New Work - Under the Pink Moon

 

I am delighted to share my newest work, Under the Pink Moon.

Under the Pink Moon

The second in an emerging new series about the folkloric names ascribed to full moons throughout the year. Under the Pink Moon represents April, when the full moon shines down on the tender emerging foliage and flowers of spring. The center panels are direct solar dye prints of garlic mustard, Virginia creeper, and dock leaves, all very prevalent in the woodlands of Pennsylvania.

Under the Pink Moon, detail 1

The vintage hexagon blocks, pieced from feedsack cottons, are bordered with vivid silks. I had a tremendous amount of fun designing and stitching this one together. I love vintage blocks-- these had been neatly, if not entirely accurately, handstitched, and as I worked I thought of the anonymous woman who had made them, and wondered what her hopes and dreams and plans had been.

Under the Pink Moon, detail 2

I realized when I finished that this is an extremely rare quilt for me; there are no cyanotype blues in it! They would have distracted from the glorious extreme pinkness.  

Under the Pink Moon, detail 3

The size is 49" high by 34"wide.

This quilt will be included in an invitational exhibit this spring--more on that in the next blog post.

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