Another quilt for Project Linus

Here is another quilt I've made for Project Linus.  This one uses black and white fabric with touches of red.   Earlier this year I read on the Project Linus website that they wanted black and white quilts for the Festival of Quilts this year so when I saw this fabric I knew I had to have it.  Sadly, it was not complete in time for FOQ but better late than never.

I used a simple rail fence pattern and then backed and bound it with red fabric.

I've just seen on their website that the theme for next year's FOQ is railfence so I guess I will be able to make one or two quilts using up my stash!

Final Rust Inspired Work

My obsession with rust is now coming to an end after nearly four years!

Corrosion - Inchies

 

 

 

This is 12 Inchies mounted in a frame.   The Inches were made by needlefelting various threads, fibres and fabrics to a background of felt.  After cutting, the edge of  each Inchie was finished with buttonhole stitch and beads, sequins and embroidery stitches were added to some, the others we left plain.

 



Corrosion - Something Hidden Underneath

 

 

This was started during the Play Day Jo and I had in February.  I painted both sides of two layers of Tyvek and machined them together with a layer of organza sandwiched in between.   I then applied a heat gun to melt some areas to expose the different layers.

 

I then machined the "fabric" to a background of dyed fabric.

 



Corrosion - Fragile State

This was another piece begun during the February Play Day.  This time a background of organza was decorated with painted bondaweb, foil, sequins and scrim.  I also included some thin, fragile foil threads.  It was then finished with hand embroidered stitches.

While I was at the Festival of Quilts I bought some of Fingerprint Fabric's panels.  One was of rusted ironwork so I bought two.

Corrosion - Fragmented Ironwork

For the first piece I cut the square into five pieces and reassembled them together with my own dyed fabric.    I then machine quilted in straight lines about half an inch apart.  My take on modern quilting!

For the second one I used the circular lines of the design to add lines of embroidery stitches, beads and buttons.  Again I used my own dyed fabric for the background.

Inspiration Pack

When I was at the Festival of Quilts last month I bought an "Inspiration Pack" from OliverTwists just in case I found myself with nothing to do!

It contained some Abaca Tissue, silk waste, silk carrier rods together with a selection of threads and some wire.

So far I have created two little pieces of art which I have since framed ready for exhibiting.  They were both done on to felt and I added some buttons and beads from my vast collection.

 

 

 

 

There are still plenty of bits left so I can create some more!

 

Festival of Quilts

Had a great day yesterday at the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham.

As always we never quite get the balance of traders/quilts right, probably spending far too much time shopping and not enough time looking at the quilts.  Having done some serious shopping first, we did spend time looking at the quilts in the Contemporary and Art Quilt categories.   I'm sorry to those that like traditional quilts (and I do still go back to the comfort of a traditional quilt) but other people's trad quilts do not do a lot for me.   I can appreciate the craftsmanship that has gone in to the making of them but not much else.

Once again though I did question why some were included in the Contemporary Quilt category as they seemed far more traditional to me.   Looking at the winners in the Contemporary and Art Quilt categories, I think the judges thought so too and stuck to the published criteria.

I've picked out a few that caught my eye....

Christine Heath

Sandra Grusd

 



 

Kate Crossley

The winner of the Contemporary Quilt category was Tuula Makinen, a well deserved winner.  The photo does not do justice to the range of fabrics used, some of which were transparent.  It certainly put a completely contemporary twist to hand pieced hexagons.

 

 

 

 

The Art Quilt winner was Jill Exell's Flight.   It has all the elements I would love to achieve in my work and totally achieves all the maker wanted.

 

 

I also want to include Sandra Meech's Triptych that was shown in the Through Our Hands gallery. I've always admired and loved her work and one day would love to do a workshop with her.

 

 

All in all a great day and yet again I left saying "next year......".  Who knows, perhaps I will enter next year as I have so much time on my hands now.

Festival of Quilts

Looking forward to visiting the Festival of Quilts at the NEC on Saturday with my daughters.  It's several years since my last visit so I have my shopping list ready!   Hope to get lots of inspiration from the quilts as well as all the goodies on sale.  It will be a long day but hopefully rewarding.  Watch out for photos and news at the weekend,