I really like the method of collaging material fish—and I really like (probably much more) seeing the outcomes of others’ material collaged fish. Every certainly one of them are fabulous to take a look at and study the material selections in colours and designs that the artists made—resembling Nancy Hutchison’s in-progress “Fancy Fish” (picture above).
Every of the next fabulous fish have tales behind their creation which add to my enjoyment and appreciation of every certainly one of them. Maribel Marrero’s fish initially jogged my memory of the story of “The Magic Fish,” that my fantastic Aunt Verlyn would inform me when our household visited her—I thank Maribel for bringing that reminiscence to thoughts. Nevertheless, Maribel’s “Delilah” has her personal story to inform and sea to swim, so to say—as does Sharon Millspaugh’s “One That Bought Away.” Thanks girls for sharing your fishy journeys and bringing me a smile.
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Maribel Marrero
From Maribel Marrero of Cortlandt Manor, NY:
After I began the “Fantastical Fish Cloth Collage” class I knew I wished to present my fish a backstory. By doing so, it helped develop my coloration selections, material picks even the adjustments I made to her preliminary design. After I first downloaded her picture from Susan’s out there templates I had my son, Daniel, design a mix of Susan’s fish with a couple of variations, nevertheless, as I continued engaged on the venture increasingly more adjustments appeared.
The highest, mid, backside and tail fins had been fully redesigned, her mouth and eyes modified and finally the one similarity to the unique template was that they had been each fish. ???? That’s the fantastic thing about material collage, even when I used the precise template she nonetheless would have have come out fully completely different as a result of I used to be her creator, with my ideas, emotions and, after all, my material choice. Thanks Susan for being my inspiration.
Delilah is a fish in love, she is on the brink of meet her fish boyfriend at a dance so she is placing on her greatest. Delilah is placing on her pink lipstick and darkening her birthmark to look her greatest. She is leaping out of the water in pleasure and going to have enjoyable.
Nancy Hutchison
From Nancy Hutchison of Acworth, GA:
I used to be lucky to take part within the workshop on the Nationwide Quilt Museum in August, 2024. I primarily based my fantasy fish on Susan’s Spiny Lionfish. I experimented with a beautiful iridescent silk tie material that appeared on my guild “freebie desk”. The feel of the silk is gorgeous, I hope this use will showcase the consumer pleasant alternatives for repurposed materials.
Sharon Millspaugh
From Sharon Millspaugh of Kuna, Idaho:
I realized of Susan’s fashion via an teacher that had seen Susan’s work. I fell in love with it and have been following Susan ever since. I observe her on the FB weblog and I’ve each books, Serenity Quilts and Free-style Quilts. I’ve the Grasp Class Handbook and the Sea Turtle eWorkshop plus I’ve signed up for a number of FOTW courses. My troubles are the messy scary half, I’ve a number of UFO’s as a result of I can’t get previous it. My aim is to interrupt via that messy scary stage and full my UFO’s.
The title “One That Bought Away” actually did get away earlier than I even received an image of the completed Quilt. I labored late on ending him so my husband might take him as a present to the proprietor of The Information Store in Orifino, Idaho. He took the quilt and was gone earlier than I snapped any photographs of it. Right here’s the one and solely not so good picture I’ve of my first Susan impressed quilt.
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