Captured ~ Encapsulated ~ The Finish

This quilt, well...it's been in the works for some time.  I fussed, reworked, changed my mind more times than I care to remember.  It sat patiently by waiting for me to figure out the best way to go about quilting it.  Very patient.  If quilts could talk we would all be in so much trouble!

'ENCAPSULATED'

I have blogged about this quilt so many times I know everyone is sick and tired of it!  Let's just say I won't go in to a lot of detail this time, but will include the links to other posts about it: It's About Time!  and Revisited With A Plan and A Seed Taking Root

Now I get to share my mad art skills with this 'quilting' sketch!  Trust me, it's easier for you to see the quilting design on this sketch than on the quilt.  Black is a hard color to capture!

The outside (black) I wanted to try an Art Deco feel.   I quilted angular, symmetrical geometric forms.  

The center was a thread nightmare!  There was a lot of starting and stopping which eventually led to hours of burying threads!  I wanted to keep the center clean, by that I mean I used white thread.  While you can see the quilting up close, you really get a sense of the detail through the back.  

The center panel has always been the focus for me.  From conception right down to the quilting.  I didn't consider that the back would be anything other than the back...it also has become important.  

Could I be any happier?  I love this.

 You know I like a good close up...this does it for me!

48" x 65"

I normally don't have a story behind my quilts.  I read somewhere that when entering quilts in shows, a good story behind it is important.  While I can understand that, sometimes I just create to get it out of my head, convey a feeling or flow and even to just be different.  

'Encapsulated' does have a story.  Imagine by John Lennon sums it up:  

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

  

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