Oasis Quilted Banners (working title)

This is the first stage of a tryptych I am working on with a church in Hove right now.

The maquette (my design concept collage) is in the background at the front of the stage where it will ultimately hang. However the fabrics in the collage are not exactly the same as the ones I was able to buy locally and as I've also used some textured pieces in the next step of the design, the whole image is not yet fully resolved and it's still at the frustrating stage of design!
It's quiet a challenge working so big and in a different space with occasional observers. The design process would take a lot longer usually and I resolve a lot of problems by leaving the piece alone and doing something else. But I want to get this sorted out more quickly because I am hoping it will be ready for my May exhibition in the Brighton Fringe 2008

Some of the church members are helping sew it together - we worked out there are over 3,000 triangles in it, so it's going to be wonderful fun getting all the points to match up! We sewed the bottom two rows of the sea (which I'm happy with) yesterday (16/02/08)