SKATING ON THIN ICE

Skating on Thin Ice, fractal art quilt by Rose C Rushbrooke. Hand dyed and printed cotton, and velvet, hand stitched. Image copyright © Rose C Rushbrooke.
© Rose C Rushbrooke 2001
23" square

Pattern: Original design.
Technique: Hand stitched.
Medium: Hand dyed and printed cotton and velvet.

A meteorite has broken through the earth's atmosphere and landed on a lake of ice. The heat of the molten rock melts the ice causing ripples of water to spread out around the glowing center.

Detail 1 Skating on Thin Ice, fractal art quilt by Rose C Rushbrooke. Hand dyed and printed cotton, and velvet, hand stitched. Image copyright © Rose C Rushbrooke.

The dark red fabric is outlined in variegated embroidery stitch. There are lines of hand quilting rippling out from the velvet meteor.

Detail 2 Skating on Thin Ice, fractal art quilt by Rose C Rushbrooke. Hand dyed and printed cotton, and velvet, hand stitched. Image copyright © Rose C Rushbrooke.

The gathered velvet fabric is appliquéd onto four more layers of appliquéd fabric.

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