One very imaginative lady, to put that together.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
AFL Football
It's Grand Final Day in Melbourne today for the Australian Football League, the real game of football, and no, Geelong is not playing today. But the faithful never fade and yesterday in our Friday group Pam was doing the binding on her Geelong Football quilt. It was made from de-constructed bed linen for the Geelong Cats symbols and hand embroidered with the years when Geelong won the premiership. all nine of them. Such a lot of years.
One very imaginative lady, to put that together.
One very imaginative lady, to put that together.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Flowers and Ribbons Quilt
It is over three years since I finished these flower embroideries.
But then I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. They were from an Inspirations magaxine some time ago but they had used them in an all white quilt, which was absolutely beautiful, straight out of a glossy magazine spread, but rather impractical in my world.
So every now and then I would come across them in the drawerr then put them back again. I just didn't want to do my usual way of just having a rectangular border around each embroidery. But the last time this happened some scraps of fabric were near the flowers which just happened to look like ribbons and a local shop had a sale on with fat quarters for $3 each so I was able to get a variety of fabrics for the ribbons.
What next ? Well I'm thinking perhaps a very narrow, slightly bright border first, then a wider border in one of the ribbon fabrics if any of them are still availab.e
Shame on me but I forgot to put backing on the white fabric before I started the embroideries.. This is not a good idea. And the white fabric is a bit transparent so I hope when the white batting is behind it the seams won't be quite so obvious.
I hope that having got this far that it doesn't sit in the drawer too long while I make up my mind on how to continue.
But then I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. They were from an Inspirations magaxine some time ago but they had used them in an all white quilt, which was absolutely beautiful, straight out of a glossy magazine spread, but rather impractical in my world.
So every now and then I would come across them in the drawerr then put them back again. I just didn't want to do my usual way of just having a rectangular border around each embroidery. But the last time this happened some scraps of fabric were near the flowers which just happened to look like ribbons and a local shop had a sale on with fat quarters for $3 each so I was able to get a variety of fabrics for the ribbons.
What next ? Well I'm thinking perhaps a very narrow, slightly bright border first, then a wider border in one of the ribbon fabrics if any of them are still availab.e
Shame on me but I forgot to put backing on the white fabric before I started the embroideries.. This is not a good idea. And the white fabric is a bit transparent so I hope when the white batting is behind it the seams won't be quite so obvious.
I hope that having got this far that it doesn't sit in the drawer too long while I make up my mind on how to continue.