Blog 432
Although I have been busy working on the large wall hanging,
there is precious little detail to show really. I ironed the quilt top onto
cotton wadding and added a few safety pins around the outside edge. As the
fabrics are already bonded, they will stick to the wadding and hold it in place
satisfactorily for machine texturing and adding detail. The fabrics pieces are
small so I need to do a lot of thread work to hold them in place and enhance
what they represent. When I add a coloured thread to the machine, I use it
where necessary all over the quilt. There is no need to work from the centre to
the edges in this bonded method.
I first devised this way of working about 17 years ago and I
can’t believe it has taken me so long to get back to it. I was attending art
classes way back then to learn about colour, form and composition, and we did a
bit of pointillist painting as part of the course. As usual, I came home and
tried to transfer the idea to fabric rather than continue with paint and it
took me a while to devise a suitable method. I eventually stopped going to art
classes because I discovered finally that I preferred the feel and texture of
the fabric rather than the smell and unpredictability of paint!
Thread work 1
Thread work 2
Thread work 3
I was at Suzette’s (Suzette Smart) house last Monday, sewing
with friends. Pat is making a thread picture of wolves (inspired by a stylised
card). Peggy is making a 3-D log which will eventually have foliage and butterflies
attached (inspired by a photo in a butterfly house). Suzette is doing her usual
artistic thread work involving fabric pieces and letters. I love sewing with
like-minded friends and I learn so much about embroidery as I sew. That said, I
am still a quilter at heart but I do try to make samples of what I am learning
so that I can develop as a sewer.
Pat’s wolf
Peggy’s tree trunk
Suzette’s tree
I took the granddaughters swimming to Holywell last Sunday
morning. Whenever we are in the car, I always insist that they bring their
sketch books to draw as we travel. Katie
(6) was given the word ‘Holywell’ and she had to draw something that started
with each letter of that word. I asked Ella (9) to draw a cat (I had a cunning
plan!). Her first attempt was drawn quite sophisticatedly so I asked her then
to think of a triangular cat and to draw it more simply. Eventually, after
several attempts, she came up with the pattern below. She enlarged it onto A4
paper and now she is working it in fabric in complementary colours using
Bondaweb, pinking shears and a running stitch. It will be a slow process I
guess but at least she has some sewing underway!
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