Quilt
Documentation # 135
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| Belles Bouteilles |
This was
an exercise in transparency using organza. It is a little tricky to
work with as it is very slippery and also frays easily.
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| applique detail |
I was
able to get the shadows by layering the organza which was fused and
quilted to the bargello background before sandwiching the batting and
backing. Each bottle was appliqued with 2 rows of stitching and then
cut out.
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| applique/quilting detail |
The
background was quilted with many different designs. This is one of
my favourite way of quilting backgrounds to add interest and more fun
for me to do. Can you tell I get bored doing the same thing over and
over?
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| quilting |
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| quilting |
The
highlights were painted on, using silver metallic paint.
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| painted highlight |
This
quilt was juried into Quilt Canada 2010 in Calgary, Alberta.
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| Belles Bouteilles - back, labels |
The
bargello had been made for another project that never got finished, so I thought it would worked
for a background for this project, however......
The
judges' critiques:
All
three judges thought that the transparency effect was achieved
successfully and they liked the quilting. However, one judge thought
that the “diagonal line through top of two bottles is disturbing to
the eye” and another thought that the “bargello overpowers
bottles”.
Good
lesson learned! Watch your backgrounds.
I am linking to The Needle and Thread Network, a website featuring Canadian fibre artists and Nina Marie's Off the Wall Friday. Go check out the wonderful fibre art!
Happy
quilting,
Terry
DOCUMENTATION:
Quilt
Name: Belles Bouteilles
Description:
Organza Applique on Bargello background
Pattern:
Original
Size:
17½” x 22½”
Fabrics:
100% cotton- Organza
Predominant
colours: Blue, green, beige, gold, orange, brown
Construction
Techniques: Bargello, machine applique
Back:
batik
Batting:
cotton
Edge
finish: single fold ¼” binding
Quilting:
Free motion quilted on Domestic Machine
Quilted
by: Terry Whyte
Sleeve:
yes
Label:
yes
Date
completed: 2009
Quilt
History: Displayed at the 2011 Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilters'
Guild Show, at Museum of Northern History
Maker:
Terry Whyte
11 comments:
What a wonderful quilt. I love the layering of the organza to get the shadows....very cool idea:)
Wow, it's beautiful!
Lovely.
Very nice! Shadows with organza is delightful. Great job.
Great technique with the organza! Love your quilting, too!
I really like the effect. I think you did a great job on the organza.
congrats on the finish - I really love how they shadow each other - its quite effective!
Amazing! I like your quilting variety - I get bored too : )
Personally I though that the bottles were done very nicely and it was like they were "real" bottles which you can see through.
Beautiful.
Very impressive work. I especially like all of the FMQ!
Esther
I love how you achieved the transparency - it looks great!
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