Finished the last of the little wholecloth quilts for a workshop next year.
- make a start on a new pattern, i.e. get the cutting of the fabric done
Have three examples of the same design now and plenty to talk about. The last one, the yellow wholecloth was a bit of an exploration of thread. I used Magnifico 40/3 wt thread from Superior for that for the main elements and 100 wt Invisafil for the background.
It looks lovely in that gold colour and the feathers in particular stand out more than in my other samples. Stitching the feathers with this weight though required a slightly different approach in stitching them. Rather than doing heirloom or bump-back feathers I had to stitch them as continuous feathers to make that look nice and tidy (meaning that all the backtracking was along the length of the feather rather than on top). Had not done this for a while and really enjoyed the slow stitching of that. So therapeutic.
For the background I used 100wt Invisafil in a tan colour. Would have been great if I had a more gold colour but that's what was on hand and I really wanted to try to see the effect. I stitched swirls in the outer surrounds, again to have a bit of a look at what that looked like. Very happy with how this turned out. I kept my swirls smaller...definitely something I learned from doing these Mini Wholecloth quilts, i.e. everything has to be a bit smaller to keep with the smallness of the project. I think the swirls would have been over-powering with a higher weight but with Invisafil they just blend in. Also used what Cindy Needham described as a scribble rather than a micro stipple in some areas which is a super small micro stipple with little regard to whether you go over some lines or not...really enjoyed that and it looks insanely dense and flat...just what I wanted for those areas.
Overall great little exercise, but that is it now for this design. I am now working on some notes for the workshop and will have to do a few more drawings for my handout.
My goals for the coming week
- stitch a simple charm square quilt together from fabric that has been sitting in my stash for many years. Just needs to be gone
- prepare for Christmas which of course we left to the last minute again!
Oh my goodness those are beautiful!!! I can't even bring myself to start practicing this--it's overwhelming to me and I just don't feel that creative. But maybe after the holidays. I know I'll enjoy it when I do. Everyone says it's about practicing!
ReplyDeleteYes of course we leave Christmas prep until the last minute! :D Your Mini Wholecloth quilts are gorgeous, nice work. Thank you for sharing with To Do Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteYour wholecloth minis are just gorgeous! Really amazing quilting. Have fun with your charm square quilt, too - sounds like a good way to use up that fabric!
ReplyDeleteYour minis are gorgeous! I’m in awe!
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