Blooms

Quilt Documentation # 165

This was my entry into the Englehart Area Artists' - 6^th Annual Juried Art Exhibition.

The show is on from October 11^th to the 26^th.

Blooms

It started as a sketch in my notebook.

The background was a piece of white cotton that I placed under another piece when hand dyeing by painting with liquid dyes (Procion H). This piece was to absorb the excess dye. I liked how the loosely woven cotton took the dye and decided to use it in this piece.

These are the two pieces side by side.

The flowers, leaves, and vase are organza that I stitched on and then burned around the edges using a soldering iron. The thread and background need to be natural fibre (cotton) to do this.

organza stitched

edges were burned to remove excess

Beads were added and stems were hand embroidered.

Close-ups of quilting:

I added strips of fabric around the edges to wrap and fasten to a wood frame.

edges

stapled to wood frame

back

signed and dated on bottom front

Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network and Nina-Marie's Off the Wall Friday.

Happy quiltilng,

Terry

DOCUMENTATION:

Quilt Name: Blooms

Description: Appliqued organza on hand dyed wholecloth background

Pattern: Original

Size: 20” x 40”

Fabrics: 100% cotton & organza

Predominant colours: Blue, green white

Construction Techniques: Organza appliqued and burned w/ soldering iron

Back: 100% cotton

Batting: one layer of cotton and one layer of mystery batting

Edge finish: Strips added around the edges and wrapped around wood frame

Quilting: Free motion quilted on Domestic Machine

Quilted by: Terry Whyte

Sleeve: no

Label: signed on front

Date completed: October 2014

Inspiration: own sketch

Quilt History: Juried into 6^th annual Englehart Area Artists show, 2014

Maker: Terry Whyte