Legend Of Childhood Lost

Juried into AQS Paducah 2005 – First at LMQG Seneca SC 2006 – Third at Mountain Fest Quilt Show Pigeon Forge TN 2006

This quilt was a group challenge from my art quilt group Thread Heads. The theme was a book or a movie. Citizen Kane was made before I was born but, every time I saw it I could not help thinking of a wasted childhood. I took a photo of San Simeon while visiting in 1981. The background of this quilt is that photo without the castle. The background is pieced. Some of the poppies in the foreground are machine appliqued but, most are hand appliqued using my Mylar method. Buds, stems, flower centers and leaves are digitized from my drawings and hand stitched. Hand dyed silk and waxed novelty yarn surround the centers. The border has an inset and is quilted with invisible thread following the design of the fabric as is the center of the quilt.