UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY by Sue Pelland

The Big Bang a truly mystical event that is more complex

 than my mind can process. 

The Big Bang I envision is a mass of light, energy, the particles 

that created the universe, our solar system, and even life itself. 

Physics at its best. But I hate Physics!

 

Unraveling the Mystery     12" square

When naming the quilt, I couldn't help but sing my favorite theme song.  

Math, Science, Hystory, Unraveling the Mystery that all started with the  

Big Bang.  

I think the lyrics and the Big Bang TV show are both so cleaver. 

 I was happy to work on this project, humming the tune in my head.

I started with a black fabric, added a layer of black Mistyfuse, a rough cut circle of 

gold lame, then Angelina fibers swirling around the miraculous light,

bursting out into the void at immense speeds, 

resulting in planets, minerals, water, and life represented in the quilt fill patterns. 

  What I had envisioned as being encrusted with beads 

looked so meticulous and orderly before beading, 

I decided I needed to keep it free from the chaos of beads I had planned. 

I loved the challenge of getting out of my traditional wrapping

and putting together a more modern look.  Thanks Art Squared!

Butterfly Garden

A mystical and magical place.

9"x 9"

The background was randomly strip pieced, then cut, with additional strips sewn in to represent stems.

A piece of poly batt was used between the layers for quilting.

 Bobbin stitching with snips of dyed silk ribbon and paint made up the flowers.

 And, the butterfly was stitched with one layer of white fabric, painted with inks then cut out.  The body is a stuffed piece of silk.  Everything was stitched to the quilted background and the legs were added last by zig zagging over a thin nylon cording.  

Visit my blog here for more butterfly garden photos and inspiration! 

Mystical

As a child I was always curious about the round darker green circles in the lawn

with some mushrooms here and there.  It seems like they usually occurred after a thunder storm. My mom told me they were fairy rings.  Fairies came at night and held very important meetings.  When I heard the theme was mystical, I immediately thought of those magical fairy rings.

  

This little fairy is early for the meeting, but you can see from the spiral of shimmer that the others are on their way.

I used batiks along with thread work and some paint to try to make the mushrooms look 3 dimensional. The trees are decorated with yarn.