TWELVE BY TWELVE: The moon is made of green cheese

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The moon is made of green cheese

There is no deep meaning in this, no message. It is just a happy, playful contemplation of color, shapes and fanciful stitching pattern. It was great fun to make and has inspired me to make a larger piece with some similar elements. I remember hearing, as a child, "the moon is made of green cheese." When I finished this I could see a moon in the circular focal point of the piece. I hadn't noticed the serendipitous crescent shape in the piece of beautiful marbled fabric until I was finished, but there it was—almost certainly the moon shining through.

11 comments:

Karen said...: I think it's interesting how many of us have chosen to just let the colors play, and you did this very successfully Terry.; April 12, 2011 at 8:46 AM
stART said...: BEAUTIFUL! This piece simply rejoices in it's wonderful colours. The happy energy is lovely.; April 12, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Diane Perin said...: This is so joyful, Terry! I can see how your thread doodling of some months ago has been incorporated, along with your skillful use of patterned fabric. I love how this has a busy energy, and yet it's still so pleasing to look at! The white dots add a lot, too.; April 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Gerrie said...: I love that blue background that tames the happy joyful energy of the composition that you created with fabric and doodles. This will be my favorite mosaic, I think.; April 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Kristin L said...: I wonder what this would look like next to Kirsten's "Bleep Bloop' Lorikeet flowers? Or your Lorikeet flowers for that matter? They all have such a fun retro-spacy look to them. This piece looks like you really enjoyed yourself making it, and I love that it has inspired even more pieces!

BTW, what is it about chartreuse that is compelling me to use so many exclamation points in my comments?; April 12, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Terri Stegmiller said...: This is such a fun and happy piece. I have not heard the moon is made of green cheese expression.; April 12, 2011 at 3:09 PM
kirsten said...: Kristin, chartreuse just does that to people!!!!

Terry, the surprising element for me in this quilt is that you quilted it with white thread. I love that! It was such a great choice. Reminds me very much of the illustration style picture books that I read as a child in the 60s-70s.; April 12, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Deborah Boschert said...: I was thinking the same thing about the white thread, Kirsty. Terry has done similar doodle stitching with black, but white is perfect in this application. I love it. I especially love love love the trailing stitching off the top and bottom edges. The background quilting is fun too. I love it.; April 12, 2011 at 7:27 PM
dutchcomfort said...: Wow, such an inspirational art quilt! I clicked on the photo to see the quilting better. It’s absolutely beautiful!; April 13, 2011 at 7:44 AM
Françoise said...: Lovely! It looks like a nice little alien city hanging in outer space. The blue background is a great choice.; April 13, 2011 at 9:58 AM
KathyB said...: How cool! I see a childlike view of the cosmos, ... an organized chaos (if that's possible). I really love it! thanks for sharing this beauty. Please drop by and see what I create with small scraps. See fiberart by Kathy Bourgeois at kbartdesigns.com; April 19, 2011 at 10:49 PM