MASSIMO

Quilt # 76

Massimo

This was the latest President's Challenge by our outgoing  President, Charlene Stevens.

I had tried painting on fabric a few times, so decided to attempt a picture of my littlest grandson, Massimo. I just loved the way his hair flipped up when he was little, so this photo was my inspiration.

Photo Inspiration

I changed the photo to a sketch in Photoshop Elements and traced it onto the muslin.

Photoshop Sketch

My next step was to do all the stitching except for the background quilting. This was done through all three layers of the quilt.  (Sorry about the colour, bad lightning!)

Drawing partly stitched

Stitching done

At this point I steamed it to get all the wrinkles out.

Blocked

When the piece was dry, I quilted the background and then stretched and pinned the quilt sandwich onto my painting surface (2” styrofoam covered with plastic tablecloth).

Jacquard Textile Color was my choice for painting. Here's a couple of pictures of my work in progress.

Painting in Progress

WIP close-up

WIP close up

The inner brown border, representing a mat, was coloured with a watercolour pencil.

Background quilting and "mat".

I used a fine permanent marker for eyes' details.

details

For binding, I brought the back fabric to the front and stitched it down by hand. I then added a row of stitching right along the edge of the binding.

Massimo - back

Added a sleeve and a label.

label

I will be taking a Painted Quilt Art class with Patt Blair at the Empty Spools Seminars in April and am really looking forward to that. Patt paints first and then stitches. Can't hardly wait!!

Terry

DOCUMENTATION

Quilt Name: Massimo

Description: Painted on muslin

Pattern: Original

Size: 19¼” x 18”

Fabrics: muslin

Predominant colours: brown

Construction Techniques: painted with textile paint

Back: own hand-dyed Egyptian cotton

Batting: cotton batting

Edge finish: Back turned to front

Quilting: free motion – variegated thread in background

Quilted by: Terry Whyte

Sleeve: yes

Label: yes

Date completed: 2011

Inspiration: photograph

Quilt History:

Maker: Terry Whyte