Quiltie Shape Challenge - June/July 2009

denisemarie53 wrote

on 20 Jul 2009 10:03 PM

This square quiltie is made of fabric paper on navy felt with machine embroidery, embossing, and stamping. 

marti13 wrote

on 23 Jul 2009 8:21 AM

My quiltie is called "Amy's New Door"

denisemarie53 wrote

on 23 Jul 2009 9:03 AM

Marti, love the silver bling of "Amy's New Door"!  It contrasts nicely with the red fabrics.

marti13 wrote

on 23 Jul 2009 9:10 AM

Thank you Denise!  The silver bling numbers and letters came from the local scrapbooking store.  They are called Thickers:  http://www.americancrafts.com/category.php?id=29

Belinda Spiwak wrote

on 24 Jul 2009 5:17 AM

Denise,

I love the background colors and the shimmer.   The stitching gives the color structure.  I like the images in the background. I like searching for things in a collage.  I love not having things shout out at me but they are there for me to find.

Belinda Spiwak wrote

on 24 Jul 2009 5:19 AM

Marti,

I have always been drawn to the door shape.  It is great how the letters and numbers contrast to the reds.  I like the horizontal striping of reds. Now, what or where are you going to put this door? I would be interested in seeing that.

jakquil wrote

on 24 Jul 2009 11:41 PM

My Quiltie:  I used a coffee filter that I had used to lay my tea bags on to dry.  Well what a surprise when I found that the coffee filter had more interesting markings than the tea bags.   I used a  fabric backing, a cotton quit batting, and the coffee filter,  I drew the shape on the filter, sewed with a straight stich around the star fish, used a  #5 pearl cotton with my foot #21 and zig zagged with gold thread over the pearl cotton to give a raised edge.  I then cut the star fish out and did a final zig zag  with the gold thread.

denisemarie53 wrote

on 25 Jul 2009 11:35 AM

Jakquil's starfish:

Resourceful and creative!  I especially like the technique of couching over the perle cotton - it looks great!

denisemarie53 wrote

on 25 Jul 2009 6:43 PM

Rectangles

This piece was constructed from rectangles layered and machine quilted in a grid pattern.    I added sleeves to the back side to make a removable book cover.  It fits a 6" x 8" journal. 

jakquil wrote

on 26 Jul 2009 12:45 PM

Very niice, we are going to make notebook covers at our next sewing meeting, I have drawn inspiration from this piece.

Joan

QE2 wrote

on 28 Jul 2009 5:28 AM

A little rough but I'm pretty pleased with the shapes which are leaves.  I only had a small bit of the 'perfect' fabric and needed 3 leaves that will be attached to a small wall hanging.  The batting is the very thinnest I could find in my leftover pile.  I used a very small zigzag and then free motioned the spine and veins.  I cut them out and added more zigzag to the edges.  The slight waviness adds to their charm.  They are quite small and that does present its own problems.

marti13 wrote

on 28 Jul 2009 5:53 AM

Belinda Spiwak:

Marti,

I have always been drawn to the door shape.  It is great how the letters and numbers contrast to the reds.  I like the horizontal striping of reds. Now, what or where are you going to put this door? I would be interested in seeing that.

The door was mailed to my friend Amy. She loves it!

denisemarie53 wrote

on 28 Jul 2009 7:15 AM

Elle, Love your three quilted fabric leaves.  I can see why you chose them for the "perfect" fabric!  The quilting gives them a nice body  - great effect!

marti13 wrote

on 28 Jul 2009 4:38 PM

denisemarie53:

Elle, Love your three quilted fabric leaves.  I can see why you chose them for the "perfect" fabric!  The quilting gives them a nice body  - great effect!

I also love those leaves!

marti13 wrote

on 28 Jul 2009 4:42 PM

jakquil,

Recyling and mixed media.  Perfect!