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International Pictogram project 2015: Women Waiting

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Layering the backgroundCutouts of the chairsFour womenThree chairsFinal pictureFinal picture with hand embroideryI awaited the arrival of the parcel with great anticipation. Seeing the pictogram of a woman got me thinking! I love to make quilts about women and the secrets they share. At the moment I am working on a series of quilts about the fact that women spend their lives waiting…
-waiting to be asked to get married…
-waiting for the menstrual cycle…
-waiting for 9 months…
-waiting for test results….etc
So I decided to use the chairs as a symbol for the act of waiting.
I used different techniques: freestyle machine embroidery, hand quilting and applique. I printed the title with stamps. For the pictogram I used netting and gradually reduced the size of the pictogram.
The colours of the quilt was dictated by the felt (beige) and the thread I received (blue-, red-, orange- and variegated green quilting thread). I added surgical gauze (the fragility of women), linen and cotton (strong and durable).
I loved being part of this project.

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