I've been finishing some projects that have been sitting around for a while. This one has only been around for two or three months, but it's getting close to completion now.
If you recall my post about creating a color run, this is how I used the one shown. It's a new work called Collapsed. The first picture is how the fabric strips looked after they were sewn together and mostly quilted.
The two side edges were then sewn together so the quilt created a tube and binding was applied to the top and bottom edges. As you might imagine, when you set it on a table, the whole tube collapses under its own weight. Hey, what a coincidence, that's exactly what I wanted it to do! It looks different from each side and the tube will collapse differently every time it's installed.
I am currently working on a wood base that the bottom of the tube will fit over and there will be six legs holding up the base. I don't have the base cut out yet, but I am in the process of staining and finishing the legs, which are 27" high and were purchased at the local home improvement store. Go ahead and call me a wimp if you want, but it was a lot easier to buy them than to make them.
