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 |
Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network WIP and Nina-Marie's Off the Wall Friday.
Happy Quilting,
Terry
Ferns are so elegant, aren't they? You have a nice series going here. I especially like the cross hatched quilting on the first one, great idea!
ReplyDeleteI really like the creative stitching you've done here on your fern study. Inspirational!
ReplyDeleteI like these very much, Terry -- especially the way you've echoed shapes in your quilting, and your great colour choices. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeasutiful your ferns and colors! Intelligent quilting!
ReplyDeletewow - you can really see how how the studies could lead into a bigger idea - plus you can see which stitching you like best. Very nice!
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