The moon - an icon of the existence at high and never able to reach, bright and beautiful in silence, maybe in meditation at night that is why it is so quiet - but if the moon started to talk to you, what does it say? It totally depends on your interpretations so only you have the antenna to receive the particular message from it.
So, on these mug rugs, I wanted to depict the message waves from the moon. If you are interested in more of the details, here is the listing on Etsy.
I got some FQs in solid colors that I thought would be good for sky color with the moon - fabric for the moon is my hand-dyed with onion skin - on Black Friday sale.
This mug rug evolved from my convergent quilt that I learned how to make it from the workshop by Susan Kraterfield. The original author of convergent quilt is Ricky Tims. His books seem very popular. It is easy to find it at Amazon.
The convergent quilt itself actually has nothing to do with my moon mug rug, but the quilting pattern that I came up with for my convergent quilt.
I do not remember well how I arrived at this intricate quilting pattern on my simple convergent quilt. I think I wanted to capture the direction that this quilt releases. It was kind of confusing to me because the outer frame shows the start point is at the center, but the body (the centerpiece) shows each color starts from the corner. So, I thought I need to set an absolute rule by a quilting pattern that starts from the center. After that, I do not remember well.
I thought this quilting would not kill this simple quilt top, and I still think so, but not sure what others would think. Some gave me a compliment but some who usually give me a compliment just ignored this quilt.
I enjoyed this quilting pattern so much and wanted to use it for something. Then, the moon story came across in my mind. I think it worked well.
I have another project, an 18" x 24" tapestry for a local quilt show. The top is already done. Since the due is the beginning of March, I am still waiting for a new idea may come up.
So, on these mug rugs, I wanted to depict the message waves from the moon. If you are interested in more of the details, here is the listing on Etsy.
I got some FQs in solid colors that I thought would be good for sky color with the moon - fabric for the moon is my hand-dyed with onion skin - on Black Friday sale.
This mug rug evolved from my convergent quilt that I learned how to make it from the workshop by Susan Kraterfield. The original author of convergent quilt is Ricky Tims. His books seem very popular. It is easy to find it at Amazon.
The convergent quilt itself actually has nothing to do with my moon mug rug, but the quilting pattern that I came up with for my convergent quilt.
I do not remember well how I arrived at this intricate quilting pattern on my simple convergent quilt. I think I wanted to capture the direction that this quilt releases. It was kind of confusing to me because the outer frame shows the start point is at the center, but the body (the centerpiece) shows each color starts from the corner. So, I thought I need to set an absolute rule by a quilting pattern that starts from the center. After that, I do not remember well.
I thought this quilting would not kill this simple quilt top, and I still think so, but not sure what others would think. Some gave me a compliment but some who usually give me a compliment just ignored this quilt.
I enjoyed this quilting pattern so much and wanted to use it for something. Then, the moon story came across in my mind. I think it worked well.
I have another project, an 18" x 24" tapestry for a local quilt show. The top is already done. Since the due is the beginning of March, I am still waiting for a new idea may come up.
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