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I've been working on the final quilt to go over to Canada for the thr3fold exhibition which's rapidly approaching. This is the partner piece to the gold quilt that I finished last week.
Please don't think that I manage to rattle a quilt off per week! I'd been working on both of these off and on for a long time.
Like the gold quilt this one started off as a digital print on poplin. I've painted out the background with white acrylic and added some printed lettering again with acrylic paint using commercial foam stamps. I wanted to enhance the graphic quality of the print and detail of patterning on the flowers with the freehand quilting so I've chosen a single colour of thread which stands out from the base fabric colour most of the time.
With the freehand quilting in place I've pinned the quilt onto the longarm so I can put in some horizontal lines on the white areas. The gold quilt had a grid and while I didn't want to use exactly the same treatment I did want there to me some connection. I hope the horizontal lines balance the verticals of the stem and supporting cane. The longarm has something called 'channel lock' where you can choose a point, flick a switch and the machine will only move from left to right (not front to back) so quilting straight lines is fast and easy.
Nearly done!
Bye for now,
Laura
Please don't think that I manage to rattle a quilt off per week! I'd been working on both of these off and on for a long time.
Like the gold quilt this one started off as a digital print on poplin. I've painted out the background with white acrylic and added some printed lettering again with acrylic paint using commercial foam stamps. I wanted to enhance the graphic quality of the print and detail of patterning on the flowers with the freehand quilting so I've chosen a single colour of thread which stands out from the base fabric colour most of the time.
With the freehand quilting in place I've pinned the quilt onto the longarm so I can put in some horizontal lines on the white areas. The gold quilt had a grid and while I didn't want to use exactly the same treatment I did want there to me some connection. I hope the horizontal lines balance the verticals of the stem and supporting cane. The longarm has something called 'channel lock' where you can choose a point, flick a switch and the machine will only move from left to right (not front to back) so quilting straight lines is fast and easy.
Nearly done!
Bye for now,
Laura
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