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| Citrus Rose, 43" x 36" my design. |
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| Back of Citrus Rose with hanging sleeve. |
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| Santa Clara 3, designed by me. |
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| Back of Santa Clara 3, hand stitching, machine quilted. |
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| Santa Clara 3, 39" x 21", close-up. |
Happy Tuesday!!
I finally got around to taking a full, well lit photo of two of my smaller art, modern type quilts.
Citrus Rose was first sketched out on paper a couple of years ago when I saw a colorful middle eastern bed covering and I thought, "That is a cool idea!" I didn't want to make a huge quilt with the design so I scaled it down to test it out. I made strip blocks, sewed them into columns and sewed the columns together, then added the borders.
It's hand quilted with 3 strands of embroidery floss.
Santa Clara 3 was made of extra blocks from Santa Clara 2, 54"x 17". I sewed a border around the blocks and machine quilted it and hand embellished with running stitch in embroidery floss. The blocks are 'square in a square.'
These quilts I designed and improvised with fabric I had from my fabric collection and working out a rough sketch on paper. That's my style. I'm linking up with Sew Slowly and Fret Not, AHIQ,
Stop in to see some amazing quilts and ideas.
Thanks for sharing these on AHIQ. I especially like the way you have machine quilted Santa Clara 3 but then added the lines of handquilting - it gives a very successful contrast in texture and colour.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kaja, sorry it took me so long to reply, busy work week. Thanks for running AHIQ. I like the work and ideas from everyone. It's challenging and inspiring at the same time.
DeleteArt, stitching and quilts just thrill me.
Two grand quilts. I like the way you have combined machine and hand quilting for Santa Clara 3.
ReplyDeleteCitrus Rose can be enjoyed both front and back.
Thank you Queenie, you always encourage!
DeleteBeautiful! I love seeing your work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pamela, Your seven finished fobs are beautiful, great work!
DeleteBoth are great finishes Janie. My favourite I think is Citrus Rose because it's totally reversible - perhaps that wasn't your exact intention when you were creating it, but it's a perfect bonus.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary Ann, I kinda thought using that rose fabric by Iron Orchid was going to be a good idea.
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