This week I have been doing more on the Cathedral
wall hanging. My next step was to start working on the stylised tree to give a
stained glass effect.
Equipment
Each individual shape was cut away from the pattern
traced onto the freezer paper. I divided the shape so there was a ½” arc for
the dark outline and the rest was to be cut from coloured fabric. I ironed the
freezer paper onto the RS of the fabric and cut out the shapes. They were cut to
size where the edge was to overlap, and given a small seam allowance where the
edge was to slide under an adjacent shape. Registration marks helped to realign
the edges.
Freezer paper shapes
The shapes were re-aligned on the baking parchment and
ironed to stick the overlapping edges.
Sticking the edges
As the shapes were prepared, they were re-assembled
on backing parchment.
Fitting the shapes together
Building up the design
This process continued until all of the foliage was
completed. It was easy then to peel the design off the parchment and drop it
back in its place within the design.
Work in progress
Just to make absolutely sure that I was happy with progress,
I auditioned another possible background. It was a 3 yard piece of batik and it
would have made the construction method far easier for me. I photographed it in
situ, to make an assessment, but although I liked the effect, it was not quite
right for the hanging…. So back to the hard work! More next week.
Alternative background?
I went to see the bi-annual quilt show in Frodsham
recently and it was excellent as usual! There are some very talented sewers in
the group and the exhibition is always full and varied. It just reminded me
that in quilt making, there is something for everyone. You can sew large,
medium, small or tiny; you can do it for an occasion, to get rid of some fabric
or just for fun; you can do patchwork, applique or quilting or any combination;
you can work by hand or by machine, over papers, following a pattern or
free-style. You can do it for yourself, for friends or for charity. What’s not
to like eh?!
Here are some that I photographed with my apologies
for not adding each maker’s name; they were unlabelled because they were
competing for visitor’s choice! Amazingly, these quilts are all made from the
same pattern, but how different they look. It’s all down to fabric choices.
I liked the simple, clean colours of this hexagon
quilt.
Hexagons
There was competition standard hand applique on this
quilt which unfortunately wasn’t displayed to its best advantage through lack
of space.
Applique
The setting of this simple log cabin block took it
from the ordinary to the extraordinary. All the blocks seem to dance except for
the middle block on the left hand side, which was the central block of the
quilt. It was set in exactly the same way, but the dark fabric makes it stand
out as a frame, rather than blend in like the other blocks.
Log cabin
It is so rare to see hand applique and hand quilting
nowadays. I applaud this competent quilt and I found out later that it won
Visitor’s Choice. Quite rightly so!
Rose of Sharon
And finally, here’s a wall hanging that has been
finished after one of my gate workshop many, many, many moons ago! It is
beautiful and there is far more work on this quilt than I ever did on mine. It
gladdened my heart!!
Garden gate
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