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| Tango |
Tango
is an original design and came about as a result of a doodle on a
small scrap of paper. It is a zentangle in fabric and thread with a
lot of the quilting designs inspired by Leah Day.
The
background fabric is my own hand dyed with a pieced inner border of
black printed fabrics. The back of the quilt is a hand woven Thai
silk.
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| Top and silk for back |
After
enlarging my design, I copied it onto my prepared background and
stitched the outline. All the designs in the leaves were free motion
quilted on a domestic sewing machine.
Both the top and back were very distorted after quilting the centre.
Both the top and back were very distorted after quilting the centre.
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| distorted top |
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| distorted back |
At this point I had to block the quilt in order to be able to do the background quilting. I blocked it two more times, once after quilting the background and again after the binding was on.
I used Wonderfil Razzle thread to outline the design and Sulky Sliver Metallic for the rays in the background.
Here are some close-up of quilting:
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ready for background quilting
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| Quilt blocked after background was quilted |
I used Wonderfil Razzle thread to outline the design and Sulky Sliver Metallic for the rays in the background.
Here are some close-up of quilting:
The
undersides of the leaves were painted with a mixture of Fabric
Painting Medium and Jacquard Powdered Pigment in silver.
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| Tango - back |
It
measures 28” x 40”.
Creativ Festival - 2012
I
entered this quilt in the Designer Style Challenge at the Creativ
Festival being held in Toronto in October, 2012
Tango
was a semi-finalist in the Quilt category. The Theme was
“Celebration” with a touch of silver because it was the Creativ
Festival's 25th SILVER anniversary. Otherwise the
challenge was open ended to encourage creativity.
Tango
is presently with Janome Canada Ltd., the sponsor for the Quilting
category, for one year to display and promote the pieces and their
respective designers.
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| Label on sleeve |
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| Taken at Creativ Festival (Oct 2012) |
DOCUMENTATION:
Quilt
Name: Tango
Description:
free motion quilting on bordered background
Pattern:
original – stitched zentangle
Size:
28” x 40”
Fabrics:
100% hand dyed cotton, black commercial print
Predominant
colours: orange, black
Construction
Techniques: pieced inner border - free motion quilting
Back:
Thai silk
Batting:
wool
Edge
finish: single fold binding
Quilting:
Free motion quilted on Domestic Machine
Quilted
by: Terry Whyte
Sleeve:
yes
Label:
on sleeve
Date
completed: 2012
Quilt
History: Semi finalist in Designer Challenge at Creativ Festival
2012
Maker:
Terry Whyte
1 comment:
Very nice! I've wanted to try something like this (I doodle a lot) and you inspire me.
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