Winter Solstice quilt

"Winter Solstice" by Sherrie Spangler, copyright 2014

I made a little quilt to mark today's Winter Solstice. I might use it as my donation to Virginia Spiegel's "The 100 Fundraiser to Fight Cancer," or I might make another one. Details on the fundraiser are here:
 http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/FFACThe100Fundraiser.html 

I haven't worked in this "fragments" style in a few years, so I felt rusty at first, but I quickly got back into the swing of things once I started pulling together some combinations of hand-painted fabrics to audition for the base.

I settled on a background (below) that I bought from Mickey Lawler way back in 1996! It's so vibrant and beautiful that I was reluctant to cut into it for all those years for fear of ruining it. I added gold mesh, lame, some organza that I painted and some variegated yarn for the "floaters" that I like to add to my work.

I covered the layered collage with Sulky Solvy and stitched away with gold thread.

Instead of immersing the quilt in water to dissolve the Solvy, I peeled off the strips as I went. I like to do this so I can see the quilt emerging as I progress. Now I'm waiting for those longer, lighter days to emerge!

Happy Solstice!