Gravestone Rubbings for Fabric Art
January 3, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
The Uncommon Quilter
As I browsed through one of the books my daughter received for Christmas, The Uncommon Quilter (Small Art Quilts Created with Paper, Plastic, Fiber, and Surface Design) by Jeanne Williamson I was intrigued by some involving rubbings.
One is very simple and can be done quickly at home. It involves crayon rubbing, which my daughter has tried successfully for interesting projects.
Then Jeanne introduces one called “Cemetery Visit,” in which she uses an actual gravestone rubbing on fabric, as well as a photo of the stone (p. 104-105). You could expand upon something like this for a larger quilt, a …read more




