Convergence

There is a style of quilt, developed by Ricky Tims, that he calls "Convergence Quilts". The past few months I have played with the technique and I wanted to share what I have done. You may recall the ice dyed cottons I did a while back (Serendipitous Dyeing); the fabrics I created then have slowly been disappearing into projects. Convergence quilts look complex and abstract. I could never quite figure it out; fortunately, Ricky wrote a book on the technique so I didn't need to do the figuring! The first fabric I played with was this one:

It was tough to cut into this fabric, but I did it!









Can you see how it is sewn together? The fabric is cut into vertical strips of graduating widths. these are reordered and stitched together. Then the entire piece is turned 90 degrees and cut into strips again. Everybody swaps places and  its resewn! I have yet to decide on the next step for this fabric. It is hanging on the wall!




This summer I headed back to visit with family   and meet my great nephew. I turned a piece of   fiery orange into a cover for my Kindle Fire (it seemed appropriate!). I had used the pale sections of this as pocket lining in a pair of jeans; the rest was "converged" into a mini quilt.




I think this fabric was more suited to the style. It took on an impressionistic feel. I used the fire/flame as my quilting design.







Kindle pouch and I-Pad mini pouches. The blue and pink bags were also made from the ice dye fabrics.






I have one more with multiple fabrics. ultra-violet; wisteria, dark brown and robin's egg blue. I used a low water immersion method for dyeing. I made four blocks and positioned them so they form a pin wheel of sorts. This is the arrangement that I chose after photoshopping lots of options.

I have added a narrow ultra-violet border. It looks like it wants to be a lap quilt. I may turn it on point, so the diagonal becomes the horizon line. Still working on it! I"ll keep you informed as it comes into being!