Black Stallion Running Wild on a Sunset Beach
Forever free, forever running wild, running in glory across your wall.
You can almost hear the thunder of hooves shakes earth and water as the black stallion thunders across the beach. His wild mane and tail fly free with the wind, and for an instant his reflection is captured against the backdrop of the dying sun.
Princess YellowBelly’s latest design uses stark simplicity combined with powerful, romantic imagery to create a singular statement fabric art wall hanging.
Running Wild features a black horse (stallion) running wild across a narrow beach right at sunset. The “sky” is flaming orange, red and gold. Below his hooves his reflection is captured with fractured magic, creating a perfectly rippled reflection.
The black stallion Running Wild was custom-designed by Princess YellowBelly and her friends. It combines several quilting styles:
- Landscape wall-hangings
- Applique
- Fractured quilt
- Fabric Marking pen – individual design enhancements
The result is the image of a black horse running against a vibrant sunset backdrop, his image reflected in the water at his feet.
The reflected image is made using the fractured quilting technique, meaning that the appliqued black horse against the sunset was perfectly repeated three times, and the final two copies were cut apart and sewn back together following specific techniques – to create the horizontal fracture, or ripple effect.
The panel was also quilted using a combination technique:
The upright image of the single horse is quilted by:
- Outlining the horse in invisible thread (causing him to pop-up)
- Around the horse sun-rays are quilted from the setting sun below the running horse’s feet
The inverted image of the rippled reflection horse is quilted by:
- Sewing irregular concentric circles in an enlarging style, effectively recreating the movement of ripple in water
*Photographer’s Note: Due to the intense oranges and red of the background sunset fabric, Running Wild proved difficult to photograph accurately as the color confused the camera’s sensors.
While every effort was made to clearly capture the colors of this fabric art wall hanging, some color clarity was lost in the photographic process. The sunset-to-black ratio is much clearer and true-color than the photographs represent.
Product Details
Princess YellowBelly’s black stallion Running Wild panel:
- Measures exactly 17 ¾” inches wide X 22 inches high
- Predominant colors are solid black, vibrant orange, fire red, pale yellow, and rich gold
- Running Wild shows a black horse running along a beach at sunset. His image is “reflected” in the water
- Is back with true black batik fabric (same as the image of the horse)
- Running Wild is tagged or named
- Weighs very little
- Folds into a surprisingly small and flat package
- Is a vividly realistic wall art panel
Sunset material is from a collection called “Tuscan Poppies Sunset” and is a batik-quality quilter’s fabric.
The black fabric is solid Kona fabric (sometimes known as true Amish black).
Running Wild is quilted with warm and natural quilter’s cotton batting.
We use regular household thumbtacks to secure our fabric art panels for display. They hold the panel tight and fabric is self-healing, once the tacks are removed the holes will close up again.
If you would prefer to use a hanging or curtain rod to display Running Wild, we offer hanging sleeve options.
Hanging sleeves are only attached upon your order and your selection of your preferred choice –
- Top Hanging Sleeve for normal hanging
- Top & Bottom Hanging Sleeve if you would like to weight the panel as well
Hanging sleeves are made of the same material as the backing fabric, and are about four inches wide each (although this can be adjusted to custom requirements). They are attached under the binding seam line, and are secured with hand stitching to ensure that the seam won’t show through on the front of the panel.
If you would like to discuss customized options, please contact us directly!
Running Wild is an easy-care piece.
- Recommended care and upkeep with a lint brush
- Machine wash (cool, delicate cycle with a gentle detergent) if needed
- Can be tumble-dried, although air-dry is recommended
- May be cool-ironed (cotton settings) to remove packing wrinkles. Safe to iron with water or spray-starch
Do you like this original landscape and romance panel?
What are your feelings about the stark imagery and clean, basic design?
Would you like to see another wall art panel done in this “reflected” or fracture-combination style?
Have you ever seen a horse (or horses) running along a beach at sunset? Did we properly capture the power and romance of the black stallion?
We’d love to hear all about it. You can contact us via the contact form at the bottom with comments, or request a custom order, or just suggest a new idea. We reply to all questions and contacts.
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Best wishes,
Suzanna