April's Journal Quilt

Looking back I found that I had not posted my April Journal Quilt!

Sticking to my "whatever is around me" theme, I felt the only option had to be based on weddings, after all we'd all gained an extra Bank Holiday so it was worth celebrating just for that!

For some time I have been interested in mixed media work but never had the occasion to actually do it so I thought this could be the occasion. All made from bits and pieces found in and around my workroom, the various layers were put on a base of silk. Different elements include lace, printed tissuetex, odd pieces of lace, netting, printed fabrics, batik, gold 'leather', heart shaped buttons, punched bells and of course a 'wedding ring'.

I really enjoyed creating this and will definitely be having another go at mixed media.

Rusted Nails Journal Quilt

As a final fling to my series based on rust I used a whole piece of rusted fabric as the background to this month's Journal Quilt for Contemporary Quilts. As I had had difficulty machine quilting previous pieces of rusted cloth I took the coward's way out and decided that this one would have minimal quilting.

A friend of mine recenlty gave me some rusted nails, screws and washers that her husband was clearing out so I couched them in a circle with the washer at the centre. The machine quilting followed the line of the rusted colour.

This is the last of the four that needed to have a circle included in the design and now we move on the having to have text.