Quilt Documentation #143 and #144
Remember this?
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| Plein air printing during our retreat |
I decided to do a little playing around
using these prints and call it a “study”. I could print neater
looking samples but I kind of like the messy spontaneous look of
these.
The ferns were used as stamp as well
as a resist for positive and negative spaces.
Fern Study 1 (Quilt #143)
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| Fern Study #1 |
The background is painted Lutradur. It was further painted with black acrylic using a fern
as resist (lighter area behind the top fern). It was a little blah
so I added another fern over it by painting and applying using a
brayer.
The stitching/quilting was all done
once the 3 layers were sandwiched. I outlined the fern with black
and mimicked the lines in the border fabric in and orange and yellow
variegated thread.
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| stitching detail |
I did a little touching up using
markers extending the leaves onto the border. The binding is single
fold in a basket weave looking fabric.
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| Leaf Study #1 - back |
Measures 8½” x 12½”.
Fern Study 2 (Quilt #144)
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| Fern Study #2 |
For #2, I again layered the quilt
sandwich before starting to stitch.
The fern was quilted in a variegated
green rayon thread and the background in a one-inch grid.
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| stitching detail |
I zigzagged over a thick cord as an
edging. It came out OK except where it was joined together and the
ends were unravelling. Difficult.
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| Fern Study #2 - back |
Measures 9” x 12”.
Signature
On #1, I stitched my name and year
using programmed alphabet on my machine.
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| Machine stitched signature |
On #2, I experimented with my new name
stamp. Nice and easy, I like it!
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| self-inking stamp |
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| stamped signature |
And this is what is on my design wall.
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| More fun with ferns coming |
Happy Quilting,
Terry
