To me, this quilt represents childhood, a time of life that can seem to last forever and then is gone in the blink of an eye. It's a portrait of my then three-year old son, Sam, being a Tyrannosaurus Rex, in that lovely time of life when pretend is so important. I created this quilt at a time in my own life when I needed a creative spark. I choose Sam in all his youthful freedom as my subject, and created the collage exclusively with fabric scraps, mostly as I found them, jagged, curved, the odder the better. Serendipity was the key and color was not an issue, rather value was, the lightness or darkness and contrast of the image. What I discovered was a more impressionistic way of working, just what my more realistic self needed. This quilt eventually led to my second book, "Serendipity Quilts". As I was selecting quilts for this particular show, I decided to include "Samuelsaurus Rex" as a specimen of the carefree abandon of childhood and how we as adults can take it as an example and cut loose in our own lives, in our own creativity.
You really captured childhood in this incredibly beautiful quilt. I am inspired.
I would love to make a quilt of my son where did you get the fabric. Do you have any tips on how to select fabric for a project like this.
I have a whole blog post about choosing fabric for fabric collage: https://susancarlson.com/2017/03/25/choosing-fabric-for-fabric-collage-updated-with-video/. I also have a blog post about the quilt itself here: https://susancarlson.com/2016/07/09/quilt-stories-samuelsaurus-rex/ Choosing fabric for a particular quilt is a little more than I can get into in a reply to a comment. See what you find in the blog. You can also search for other how-to posts. If you have more specific questions after that let me know. Thanks for your inquiry.