Aug 09 10
She’s Alive!
I’m still alive and kicking! I’ve been working on finishing up lots of loose ends, like the outer border on this small quilt I started a few months ago:
I still need to hyperquilt 2 sides and bind it, but then it’s done, done, Done! I got to do a bit of dyeing outside this weekend:
…and here are some yardages drying directly on the driveway in the hot sun:
And here’s a quickie pincushion I threw together today. I started off with a 6-inch square of fabric, placed a small scrap of wool batting behind it, then I quilted one of the square wreath stencil designs in the center:
I cut away the excess batting, leaving the backside looking like this:
Then I placed a piece of silk batting behind the whole thing and outlined the original design in gold rayon thread:
I quilted the surrounding area in a low contrast thread, then quilted a back side for it and once I’d trimmed them down a bit, I sewed them together to arrive at this:
Not sure the trapunto even shows up…rats! I’m going to try this again in a different colorway with a different center design and we’ll just see whether it’s worth the time…
Just lovely!!!!
Just YUMMY!!! How did the bamboo turn out that you were going to dye a while back? Did it dye well? I just got an email from Ron-Loc, it’s on sale ($1.80 yd!) because it is being discontinued!
Cute pincushion.
Trapunto showing or not, it’s very pretty.
Beautiful colors. I love the contrasting stitching.