After having my design chosen as the logo to be used for next year's CQA event, I decided to see if I could turn it into a quilt.
On a white tone on tone cotton with a vine and leaf motif, I painted in the colours I wanted.
I probably could have gotten away without piecing the circle, but I did want to be able to tuck the tree roots into the seam.
So the blue was painted, the tree trunk and roots are actually Lutradur cut with a heat tool. I painted the outer circle yellow, being careful to leave the flying geese area blank so it could be treated separately.
I hand lettered the text using a micron pen. I also used the micron pens on plain white cotton to re-create the designs on fabric for the "foliage" on the tree.
I thought I'd apply something a little unexpected to the binding so I began by printing a sheet of text on cotton which was then cut on the bias.
The broken black outline of the circle is hand stitched while the rest is free motion machine quilting.
Here is the finished piece, it is titled "Coming Attraction"
19 comments:
How big is it? No matter what size, it is awesome but I am curious. :)
Me parece un elaborado,completo y espectacular trabajo. Felicitaciones.
Pure genius is all I can say!!!!
Very cool -- I especially like the bias wording -- oh to have such nice penmanship...
Very nice! I especially like the binding. I clicked on it to make it bigger just to see what you had written. I think it's great. Congratulations again!
WOW! It's so cool!! Great job! It's so interesting...I spent a long time looking all around and seeing all the details you added!
wOw!!!!
Amazing....
SheilaC
You never cease to amaze . . . incredible! I'm sitting here, smiling at your genius.
Diane
You did a wonderful job on that. I love the touch of printing on the binding.
Wow, that is gorgeous!!
Oh it is just fantastic! I love the text binding!
I so can't wait to meet you next year.
You never cease to amaze me!!
You are brilliant and this quilt is amazing. Happy creating...
Excellent work, stunning results.
Oh my word that is just the most gorgeous label I have seen. I want to hold it and look at it closely. Just too beautiful for words.
Goodness this is just glorious!!! I just love your use of text and design in this piece... :-)
This is so great! I hope that you can get it made into a pin (Pin Peddlers???) and get Quilt Canada to sell it as a collectible. I think that the class I took yesterday with Dale Fleming would have helped with the circles, but you did an excellent job. Great design!
Jill, You do stunning work- I love the way you use sequences of patterns in your designs. The work is intricate and beautiful.
Congratulations to all your winners.
Regards from a Western Canadian quilter,
Anna
http://quiltmomsjourney.blogspot.com/
Congratulations on your design being chosen. Very well done. It's very striking.
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