This piece of fabric was retrieved from a remnants bin in Lincraft Miranda..on a day that I was feeling very ill, I had new glasses and new medication so my head was spinning, I was walking around hand out for balance or holding onto fixtures..it caught my eye and I had to have it..the blank quilting space was what appealed to me..the blue flowers where on the seeded cream background, it is thick curtain fabric..I quilted it to death then set about colouring the outer border, I took a photo and printed it out so I could draw on it and plan my attack..I first drew straight borders but decided that was boring so the curved borders around the flowers eventuated..all was quilted into the piece and then I started colouring with derwents and setting as I went with JoSonja..textile medium..blinged with crystals and pearls, binding again is velvet and overbound and beaded..the lovely lady from Craftmail Box called me and said she had 1440 emerald 5 ml swarovski crystals did I want them before she broke up the job lots..discount price ofcourse..lol..had just the spot for them..cant resist a bargain these went into the red fine line quilting that looks like braid, the top designs are from a stencil painted with fabric paint..several times as I kept changing colours..I am colorblind on red/greens so my hubby said , dont think I like that red and lime green much so they all got changed again to a maroon and emerald colour...See Wayne I do listen to you some times..lol..
2 comments:
stunning work Pat
You should be entering into more shows
Oh golly gosh, I was on white glove duty at vic quilters early last year and I was blown away with the stunning work on this quilt, and here it is - I agree with Redgate Quilting, we should be seeing more of you and your work. I kept a close eye on your quilt and showed people your gorgeous work close up and personal. I am also keen to talk to you about teaching patchwork as I am doing a research project for Vic Quilters, perhaps you could email me sometime.. Cheryl Billing Smith
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