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Thursday, April 10, 2008

More "On the Surface"

This is my favorite piece that I did when "On the Surface" book came out. There was a quilt in the book with a lot of white background and I really liked it. I had some left over squares from another project and decided to use them to try to achieve the look of the one in the book. This one is 22" x 26". I did many layers of stitching, probably about 8 hours of stitching, then washed it and then added the roses on the corners.
Then I stitched over the roses but with only one color thread instead of the variety of colors everywhere else.
I washed it again after the roses were added. With all of this stitching it doesn't lay really flat.
Some steam pressing helps, but this amount of stitching will definitely distort a little.
A couple close up pictures of the stitching. I had been saving all of the "almost gone" spools of thread in a bag and used all of them first. Then I had to get into my regular supply of thread.
All of this stitching is done with the feed dogs up and a regular presser foot, forward and back stitch, over and over and over.........
This last one is a little table mat that I used to try the procedure.

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9 comments:

  1. PaulaApril 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM

    This really is a great idea, for something different. Maybe I'll try it soon. Too many projects going on right now....it looks great!

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  2. jovaliquiltsApril 10, 2008 at 10:38 AM

    I like these. The last one looks more contemporary, which is what I associate with all that stitching, but the stitching works wonderfully on the first one, which is much more traditional looking. I wouldn't have guessed that.

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  3. Elaine AdairApril 10, 2008 at 10:38 AM

    When I grow up (uh hemmmm), I want to be YOU.

    You clever girl you. 8-)

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  4. jacquieApril 10, 2008 at 10:40 AM

    This is spectacular. You said you can do this without a walking foot...maybe I could do this on my machine. Worth a try on something small.

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  5. Vicki WApril 10, 2008 at 10:58 AM

    Very cool!!

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  6. meggieApril 10, 2008 at 4:34 PM

    So many different ideas.

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  7. TBApril 10, 2008 at 9:36 PM

    It's interesting that this quilt is like looking at the quilt through a screen. It's quite interesting.

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  8. Purple PamApril 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM

    These two quilts are great. They should hang in an art show. They are definitely art show quality. Are you going to keep these, or sell them? I want to do some threadwork with some of the beautiful threads I have collected. I need to take a class from an experienced teacher. Are you willing to travel to CA for a class?

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  9. DianeApril 11, 2008 at 12:45 PM

    You know I'm nuts about this technique! The nine patch looks fabulous. The stitching makes it look old, like the crackled paint on weathered wood.

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