In the Stash — Barbra Streisand
The Making of The Quilted Funny Girl
Babs Barbra Streisand Quilted Funny Girl
I have the biggest LOVE for Barbra Streisand. Her voice is like silk and her talent is undeniable. There is no other performer, in my eyes, who is more deserving of being captured in over 3300 one inch finished squares of fabric. I got the idea to make this 5ft x 7ft wall hanging quilt of Babs in 2018 after seeing a picture of a quilted Ab Lincoln in a magazine that had placed at QuiltCon in 2017. It inspired me to think about colour and value and fabric and how portraits could be created from these elements. It also...