Vinyl and Lindt chocolate truffle wrappers. Size 16" x 15". Completed February 13, 2019, for Quilt Lab Experiment: Unconventional Materials
The Quilt Lab group at Gotham Quilts in Manhattan has monthly 'experiments'. Some are more successful than others for me, and I don't always complete a project. This month was inspired by the Project Runway Unconventional Materials challenges. Of course, I picked chocolate wrappers.
A Lindt Chocolates shop opened on 34th Street; I pass by twice a day. The truffles are arranged in bins by color and flavor. I bought a bag of truffles, and did the 'hard work' of eating the chocolates, saving all the colorful wrappers.
I tried various methods of attaching the wrappers to a background. Sewing wrinkled it, Ironing melted it, so I decided to glue the wrappers to vinyl. I wanted to recreate a quilt block called "Candy Twist", so I carefully cut and
folded the wrappers to fit into a gridwork, I could see by placing the
vinyl on my cutting mat. Since the wrappers aren't covered, they remain shiny, metallic.
I'm completely charmed by this.
Peace.
Wow, very creative!
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