Mama’s Purple Couch
Marlyene Schwartz
45 x 15 inches
ARTIST STATEMENT
When I was seventeen, my mother bought a huge purple couch. She loved purple! That purple couch held the place of honor in our family room. I chose the blue-violet card to challenge myself with a color palette I didn't use regularly, but as I worked on the piece, I kept remembering that couch. I think all the shades of blue violet were represented on the couch, either in the fabric design or the things that ended up between and on its soft cushions; books and clothing, newspapers and food, anything could have landed there! What started out for me as a color challenge turned into a happy walk down memory lane. And… I think some purple might show up in another quilt!
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
Materials: Fabric, tulle, thread.
Technique: Curved piecing.