Bright colors are in my usual repertoire so it wasn't hard to come up with something bright and abstract is always fun. I wanted to convey movement and speed with the colored ribbons whipping through the quilt and around the more stationary circles.
I used one of my hand dyed fabrics for the background and then, after applying a stabilizer, spent several hours sewing a grid on it. I wanted the tactile feel of the grid and the contrast with the circles and curved ribbons without having to do that small of a grid in the quilting. I actually drew the pattern when I was bored one afternoon and appliqued it together with a matching thread zig zag. The actual quilting is simple stitch in the ditch with black thread. I did some large decorative hand stitched X's for some dark hard line contrast.
Lisa Kay
I love the movement in this piece. And the time spent sewing that grid was well worth it!
ReplyDeletevery cool. So, you sewed that eensy grid onto the background, and THEN put the circles and whirlygigs on top, right? Pretty cool. I'm amazed at how straight that grid is. How do you explain that?
ReplyDeleteEasy peasy...follow the foot along the last line! I've quilted a grid like this, but not quite as close. This one is about 1/4 inch. I've quilted 1/2 inch and love the look.
ReplyDeleteLisa Kay
You've got the bright colors down. Wow! Teach me how to sew curves?
ReplyDeleteSusanne
Lisa, The colors made me stop scrolling. Susan H. is right the movement in this piece is wonderful. I vote for XOXO's. Jan G.
ReplyDeletexoxo.. yes please... this is so eye-catching. Thank you for sharing your method 'operandus'... a grid first...good idea. I am so impressed with the black in the ditch and the black x's... a super piece.
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