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14.4 – A Novel Project – Challenge 4 of Project QUILTING Season 14

Dodo Bird Collage inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

 For this week’s challenge I was inspired by the last audio book I finished.  I love the Disney animated movie Alice in Wonderland and one day I realized I’ve never read the book.  I decided to listen to the audio book.  In chapter 3, Dodo bird awards Alice a thimble for winning the caucus race. I enjoyed listening to the book while I worked on sewing projects.  

 


This is my first black and white quilt collage. to save time I turned the backing fabric to the front also another first for me. 

I found a public domain photo of a Dodo Bird. I enlarged it by 150% on my home printer. I traced the enlarged photo onto fusible web. I used the Phyllis Cullen method of collage I had learned in a workshop I had with her a few years ago. I feel I sacrificed tighter color values to keep the novelty fabric images intact. I love the way my quilt came out.  

I had a bag of quarter circles that I had taken from my guild's free table. Now, I have a great selection of black and white scrap fabrics to choose from.
Let the collaging begin!
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Comments

  1. doloresquiltsFebruary 19, 2023 at 12:51 PM

    Very well done!

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  2. Deb MFebruary 19, 2023 at 5:30 PM

    Wow! Love your B&W collage!

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  3. Joyful QuilterFebruary 19, 2023 at 7:59 PM

    Great use / placement of fabric! I keep thinking I should read the original Alice or listen as I listen to more books that I actually read.

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  4. PersimonDreamsFebruary 20, 2023 at 1:17 PM

    This is perfect! What a great quilt ;)

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  5. The Joyful QuilterFebruary 23, 2023 at 4:13 PM

    Incredible PQ14.4 entry!! Thanks for the introduction to Phyllis Cullen, as I hadn't heard of her.

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