Tiffany Sunrise

"Tiffany Sunrise" by Bonnie Langenfeld was inspired by Tiffany windows and the work of Sue Bleiweiss.

Artist Statement: "Being fascinated with Tiffany windows, I found a book which has black and white outlines for them. The original window is called 'Magnolias and Irises'. I edited the design (don't we all?) and made it a little more my own. I used Sue Bleiweiss' technique for making black outlines of shapes which meant fusing all of the fabrics and and free hand cutting. Everything was fused and free hand cut except the shashing and binding. I love hand cutting. I changed the background abouot 4 times before I got the glow I wanted. It was fun to play with the values and colors."

Tiffany Sunrise is Bonnie's recreation and reinterpretation of the Tiffany window, Magnolias and Irises, and takes its inspiration from two places. The first is its namesake, as Bonnie has an admiration for Tiffany's stained glass windows. The second is from the quilting world, as Bonnie is a big fan of Sue Bleiweiss and her fused lines, which is were the big, bold line work design comes from. After taking a class from Sue, Bonnie got her permission to execute the design of her Tiffany Sunrise quilt and then to teach a class on it as well.