NYC Here She Comes

Here is the finished piece and process photos while she was being made. the first step was to cut rectangles. It turns out there were 1100 pieces give or take a few. I then washed them to encourage the fraying of the edges. They came out of the dryer a mess of tangled threads and scrunched up pieces.

I cleaned them up and frayed the edges a bit more then applied fusible to the back of each piece avoiding the soft frayed edges. I didn’t do all the pieces at the same time. With each batch I was sure I hade enough of each value to finish, but I kept having to cut more and more and more! I enlarged my original approved sketch and placed it under a piece of white cloth, then started layering the rectangles. .

I enlarged my original approved sketch and placed it under a piece of white cloth, then started layering the rectangles.

Then I stitched. Here she is finished. 62” by 114”. They will stretch her on a frame to finish at 54” by 108”.

She was made to hang behind a concierge desk in a NYC midtown Manhattan hotel. Once she is hung, I’ll post more photos and give the name of the hotel. It’s been very exciting and such an honor! I can’t wait to see her in her new home!