| This is the quilt I made for the Hoffman Challenge 2007. The quilt
is a part of the challenge's travelling collection. If you come across
it in exhibitions at quilt and other fiber guilds, shops, museums, and
textile shows, please let me know your opinion. I would be very interested
in hearing from you. |
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| The finished size of the quilt is 36" x 42". |
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| The background was pieced out of 2" x 2" squares cut out of green
and blue fabrics. |
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| The challenge fabric was used to make a wavy frame for the scene. I
placed a piece of the fabric on Steam-a-Seam2 fusible adhesive, then cut
out four long wavy strips. The strips then were placed onto the pieced
top. |
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| All characters and flowers were embroidered on organza with water soluble
mesh (Vilene). After the embroidery was finished and the mesh rinsed away,
I cut away the excess organza and placed the figures onto Steam-a-Seam2. |
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| Then I put together a meadow with flowers and fairies. I actually embroidered
all the fairies from the Magic
Fairies, Little
Fairies I and Little
Fairies II sets, but after playing around, ended up using only six
of them. There were also extra flowers left over. When I was satisfied
with the arrangement, I ironed all elements to attach them to the quilt
top, as required by the Steam-a-Seam directions. |
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| After this, I quilted all over the quilt in a free-motion style. I
used 12/80 quilting needles and 40-weight thread. There are also some places
on the meadow where I used 12-weight thread. This heavy thread was in the
bobbin and I quilted from the back of the work. |
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| The quilt has a rectangular shape and is finished with binding. |
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| I then additionally embellished the top with small beads in different
shapes and colors to add just a little bit of "fairy" sparkle. |
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| I hope that you liked my idea and will come up with many of your own. |
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