I have outline quilted all the animals, tree, leaves and pomegranates. Now I am beginning to quilt the black background. The black on black quilting is very easy to see on the quilt but unfortunately it does not photograph well. So I am posting a small picture of how the quilt looks in reality and then a big picture that shows the quilting.
8 responses to “Quilting So Far”
Magnificent! Gosh it looks good and the quilting makes it even more the visual feast.
This is one stunning work! I love that you have shown it from its beginnings.
Yes it is stunning. Are you going to quilt in the animals at all?
Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙂
After I quilt all the black i will go back and see what animals look like they need a little quilting to help with any buckling in the fabric that is happening. I have done some minor details like quilt the leg to define it from the body or around the head or ear on the animals, but I would like to avoid the all over quilting.
Love seeing this develop as you show us the steps. Thanks for that! It is going to be spectacular!
Good stuff! A really unique style and look. And thanks for describing your method of working. I learned a lot from it.
Stunning is a powerful word yet inadequate to describe your work! Does the painting make the quilting more difficult?
Thankyou. Usually the painting does not make the quilting more difficult for me, but i may just be used to it. I have noticed with this particular quilt that the fabric is a little stiffer. I think it may be the nature of the opaque paints. I have not noticed this so much with the transparent and metallic paints.
So the difficult part comes when you can not make a mistake because the needle leaves noticable holes in the cloth.This quilt also seems to get creases easier than some of the other quilts I have made. Again this could be the opaque paint. but i also used a different fabric with this one, it is a tight weave that is a little lighter weight, which may be slightly more prone to wrinkle.