My alma mater (and Shelina's) is playing OSU today in the NCAA. We'll have to see how they do...
As promised, some pictures...
Our neighbor's house: (because the front of ours is surrounded by junk)
My killer kitty: what a funny pic!
An over-all view of the promised quilt top:
Closer:
Still closer: (this pic doesn't show the hand sewing that I did to attach each leaf to the muslin top - it took a long time but was fun)
Okey dokey, I think that's it for now. Going to take a nap...
5 comments:
We don't need the gratitious cat pictures, but your quilt is a lot more elaborate than I was expecting. It is gorgeous! So are you done with the top and just need to quilt it? I think you should hand quilt it, echoing the lines of the leaves. If you quilt outside the leaves, it will draw more attention to the leaves. Maybe adding some veins in the leaves, if you feel like you need to secure them.
You can also quilt leaf shapes in the spaces, maybe with a dark enough color that you can see it. (The echo quilting would generally be done with a light color that wouldn't show so much.) That would require marking the quilt or having / making template(s).
Good ideas! but the idea of putting a back on it with stuffing on the inside - that's the part I just don't get. I guess I could try... :)
I'm impressed with your quilt top... well done. Shelina's right, the echo quilting would be lovely... like the little ripples that would occur if these leaves were floating on water. Directions for basting the top and back w/ batting can be found in any basic quilt book, just spread everything out flat, smooth and taut. Good luck!!
I recommend not posting comments on your blog, since people generally don't come back to posts they have already read.
1. Buy backing and batting. The backing can be muslin like the front. The batting should be something easy to needle - wool or silk is generally recommended for hand quilting, but cotton is probably okay. Check the label.
2. Use masking tape to tape the top on the floor, face down. Don't make it tight, but make sure all the wrinkles are out and it is nice and flat. Then put the batting on top of it. Pat it down so it is nice and flat. Then put the backing on top of that. Again pat it down so it is nice and flat.
3. Since you are handquilting, I would recommend not pin basting. You can put some safety pins to hold all three layers in place to start, and then handbaste it with some cheap thread you want to use up. (As long as you don't use anything that bleeds.) Just sew straight line across with very big stitches. They don't have to be even. You can make an asterick across the quilt, and then add some horizontal and vertical lines to make sure your sandwich won't shift on you.
4. Then for the next few years, every time you sit down to talk to someone, or watch tv, you can quilt your quilt, trying to make sure your stitches are as even as possible.
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