Come Isosceles part 2!

Hi again it’s Sofia and I’m just updating you on what happened in class before Winter break. One project that we were working on for quite some time in class was a quilting project. I’m going to tell you about the steps it took to make my quilt square and what story my quilt is telling.

First of all, if you haven’t done so already, read the blog posts of two people in my group who have told the story leading up to mine so my part of the story makes more sense. Links below

First blog post to read:  http://www.blog44.ca/rubyg/?s=The+one+about+the+quilts%3A+part+two

second blog post link coming soon

blog post to read after mine coming soon

This is my final draft

 

 

Here are my three drafts I made before my final copy.

As you can see these images are totally different and don’t look alike at all. That’s because I was trying different types of Abstract art to experiment and see what I wanted to do. My first draft was extremely horrible as I didn’t try my hardest and express what I wanted to draw.

After I came up with a final copy, we got to print it out on this special fabric that can go through the printer. My art turned out great! After everybody’s art was printed out we got to pick out some thread to start sewing outlines of objects we were drawing or just some designs.

Here is a video of me sewing the outline of one of the squares.

So this is the part of the story I am supposed to tell by my one blog square.

Part 3- Sofia

After some time people started to worry about Isosceles and Eureka, so they went looking for them in the sewers but unfortunately they also got lost because of maze of tunnels. More and more people went into the sewers and were never to be found again… Suddenly an earthquake struck and rocks blocked all the entrances to the sewers. Everyone was stuck and nobody could go in or out of the sewers, everybody who ever went in was in the deep dark trench for good. Unfortunately when the earthquake struck, Isosceles was badly hurt. The only thing that could save him was moss and a kick to the stomach. Yureka bravely stepped up and kicked Isosceles as hard as she could and then stuffed some nearby moss down his throat. He was saved!

 

Now that you have seen my quilt square and you have read the story that it is supposed to tell, here is how my quilt represents this story.

When you first look at the quilt square probably one of the first things you see are the Japanese symbols. These symbols tell this part of the story in a different way and represent the part when the earthquake happens. I will explain the symbols from left to right. The first symbol means help because of the fact they are stuck underneath the ground with a low percentage of surviving. The second one means hurt because when the earthquake strikes Isosceles gets hurt. The third symbol is the most important part of my quilt square as this part of the story was formed around it, it means earthquake. The last two symbols mean lost and courage as when they are down there they still have hope when they can’t find a way out. The bottom half of my quilt square is the dirt in which they are lost in. The different shades of brown represent the dirt that has moved around and trapped poor Isosceles and Eureka under ground with no way of escaping. Between the blue and white square, representing the these lost teens, is green thread representing the time Isosceles was very badly injured and Yureka saved him by feeding him moss. The thread crossing between the two squares represents how she also gave him a kick to the stomach to save his life. The last thing are the broken white buildings on the top and the black sewn lines representing the buildings falling so hard to the ground the the city was almost ruined.