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In this piece, I was trying out Modern Quilting style from Elizabeth Hartman's blog
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Quilt no 55
Batik Drunkards Go Round
I have been meaning to spend more time with applique and thought that this challenge would be the perfect time to work on it. I had planned to make the drunkard path blocks out of full circles, top stitch the circle then cut them down to quarters but instead I got daring and using freezer paper, an iron, and a little glue stick I was able to sew the circle seams like a dream! Very impressed with how well this little quilt came together. There are 17 different batik fabrics in this little quilt. I finished this quilt with free motion quilting, binding and hanging sleeve.
Quilt no 54
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Having recently discovered "inches" I decided I wanted to do something with these tiny squares. So after making the inches themselves, I attached them to hand dyed background fabric and made it into the quilt. I have used a variety of hand dyed and batik fabrics along with many scraps of shiny, lacy and other fabrics. A few of the inches I have embellished with beads and other found objects in my sewing room. The photo has dulled the vibrancy of the quilt and the binding is quite a hot pink colour.
Quilt no 53
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The red is a lush packed roses print. The off-white used for the star points is a white with silver fairy frost. There are silver metallic trees in the center of the star, silver metallic snowflakes in the blue background fabric and silver metallic swirls and dots on the blue backing fabric. Machine pieced and machine quilted.
Quilt no 52
Solar Radiation
| 100% cotton. It measures 30 cm x 30 cm. Techniques used - Paper Piecing and Application thermoadhesive. Quilting and embroidery handmade cotton embroidery thread.I used beads for the sun reflecting off the water and planets space. |
Quilt no 51
Red Poppy
The quilt "Red Poppy" is done like "Modern Mola". I have first sewn together several layers of fabric and then cut differently. Then embroidered by machine and hand.
(nb: I made a small mistake on this quilt in that the tunnel on the back is not in the middle of the quilt - I hope someone will like it anyway!)
Quilt no 50
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| Quilted cotton duck background. Tyvek and scrim embellishment with French knots. Mounted on box canvas and coloured with acrylic paints. |
Monday, 8 October 2012
more to come...
I have at least 8 more to come - so don't go away. Tonight, though, I'm tired and want to go to bed!
Quilt no 49
Tumbling
Tumbling was made in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. Think Pink campaigns are everywhere (in the USA) and I hope to encourage everyone to have annual mammograms as well as to do monthly self-breast exams. Early detection (gulp) leads to a tumbling of emotions but also has a higher cure rate! This piece that I am swapping in our Another Little Quilt Swap trade began as a design exercise (inspired by directions given in Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust), borders helped it grow to the 12" x 12" size, fun quilting (very geometric and linear in the background, funky and twisty in the tumbling blocks) with additional twisting and turning embellishment stitched on top) and a slip-cover pocket on the back which converts it easily into a pillow. I will include the custom-made pillow that fits neatly inside to the lucky person who "wins" Tumbling in our ALQS#7.
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