Carla Pace's Class Music Quilt

Silk Painted Music

Carla's grade 5 class from Shaughnessy Elementary School in Vancouver, BC got busy for a good bye gift for their favorite music teacher, Mr Hartman. This was the class's first silk painting project.

lt was started by each student painting a 15 X 15 inch square of fabric of their own music theme design. Carla picked a color assortment of Opulence Silk Painting Dyes so the final piece would coordinate. Students put an outline of Opulence water based resist onto the silk, let it dry then painted in the dye colours. The quilt is framed with cotton and at the bottom is written "If music be the food of love,,,play on" from Shakespeare. The script was done in fabric paint.

A total of 32 students worked on the quilt with the assistance of 6 parents. The finished quilt fits a queen sized bed with some overhang.

The quilt now hangs in Eric Hartman's home, he said that it is the most amazing gift that he has ever received and we agree!

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Carla's Silk Painted  Class Music Quilt

Carla's Silk Painted Class Music Quilt with Student

Carla's Class Quilt Full View

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