Bella Kaplan – Time #1
The First Year
After much thought about different topics that would fit the chosen challenge, I decided to go for a personal portrait of myself over the years . I started with the first portrait of the first year and I plan to move between the years. Another decision is to work with black and white fabrics.
All the fabrics are cotton,collage, sewing machine.
It seems to me that only at the end of the project it will be possible to see the changes.
FIFTEEN BY FIFTEEN 
Hello little Bella 🙂 Great idea and very interesting use of the black and white prints, love it!
I love this idea and look forward to seeing the different stage of your life! The choice of black and white is interesting, great work, well done.
Lovely idea to see the changes in your appearance over the time when inside you are the same person, keeping your past, presence and thoughts of the future inside you, right? I love the minimalist way of execution.
This first portrait is really successful ! What a challenging idea ! the use of black and white would be so difficult for me !!!
I think this is a very touching way to approach the theme.
The small flowered fabric works very well as a background.
Beautiful execution of the little face.
Beautiful portrait. I like your idea for the series. You have beautifully worked with the black and white fabrics, I love this concept. Great attention to details and quilting. Bravo!
A great choice, it is interesting with your choice of fabrics, will they be the same over time. I like the applique and it depicts the face. Look forward to the next quilt.
What a nice idea to portrait yourself in different times of your life. I love the little Bella and am looking forward to the rest of your series.
Interesting choice to execute the whole series in black and white.
Aww how sweet, great idea. I like the way you’ve captured your likeness as a child using only black and white fabrics. Looking forward to seeing you grow up in this series. Lovely and well executed.
A great way to demonstrate time progression. Black and white was a wise choice. I’m looking forward to seeing the changes through your life.