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Eileen Doughty Designs
Quilts and Fabric Art
I have been quilting since about 1987, and really love doing the
pictorial quilts, they are so fun and challenging at the same time. I usually use
commercial fabrics because they are readily available, and fabrics with interesting
"natural" textures are getting easier to find. however, when I see some nice
hand-dyed fabric (particularly for skies or water) I snatch it -- after a few attempts at
dyeing on my own, I gladly pay the premium price!
I also like to use the "thread sketching" technique for details such
as foliage. It lends itself to adding more texture and a natural look to features,
while being fast!
These were not designed on the computer, but I have recently gotten some quilt
software and am enjoying using it for some of my more traditional commissions.
Bromo Seltzer Building
Copyright 1995 - Eileen F. Doughty
Cotton fabrics, cotton batting
Inked details
Machine pieced, appliqued and quilted
34 x 44 inches
The Bromo Seltzer building is in Baltimore, Maryland, near Camden Yards. This piece was
commissioned for a public building in Baltiimore.
see more detail at: http://home.att.net/~efdoughty/bromoDet.jpg
Beach House #2
quilt copyright 1995, E. F. Doughty
Cotton fabrics, ribbon and inked details, cotton batting
Machine pieced, appliqued and quilted
The water fabric was commercially produced, the sky fabric was hand dyed
47 x 48 inches
This quilt was juried into the 1995 American Quilter's Society annual show.
The source for the scene was a client's photograph of their vacation home.
I used "thread sketching" extensively to add detail to the trees and other
vegetation. The windsock is three-dimensional. I enjoyed finding shades of brown fabric to
give the illusion of the support posts receding under the house.
See more of Eileen's quilts at http://home.att.net/~efdoughty/
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