Metal on Quilts Class...

Permission 2 Play

Metal on Quilts Class

September 2010

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Next Class: October 28, 2010

JanniLou Creations Quilt Shop in Philomath, Oregon

1:00 - 4:00

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn

Metal Leaves on Quilt...

This is where we left off on Wednesday...

The Tree and Leaves are painted.

We are now ready to get this basted into a quilt sandwich.

505 Spray

At this point, the quilt is 20 x 30 inches.

Some basting spray will hold all the layers together securely during the quilting process.

Scissors work nicely to cut out the leaf shapes embossed on the sheet of metal.

You can click the images twice to zoom in closer.

Before I begin the quilting process...

I cut out a few leaves to see how they look on the tree with the painted leaves.

I think this is turning out like I envisioned it.

Auditioning Threads

I decided to choose threads that would blend with the painted fabric.

I don't want to cover up all of that beautiful sun dyeing with threads that demand too much attention.

I chose the green variegated thread to outline the tree and leaves.

The Yellow Variegated thread will work for the center section.

These are YLI Variations Polyester Threads

They have a subtle variation of color, which I prefer.

The yellow thread is adding lots of texture, but is not covering up the sun dyed fabric.

The Pink Variations thread is also working great.

I decided the Purple thread was a bit too dark for the purple section of the quilt.

I chose the Blue thread for this area.

All of the quilting has been completed...

Trimming off the excess

Nearly all quilts benefit from being trimmed down a bit.

Need to cut out more leaves and get them positioned on the quilt to be stitched down later.

A glue stick kept the leaves in place until I was able to stitch them onto the quilt.

The needle stitched through the metal leaves like butter.

Feed Dogs down and free motion quilting foot.

I anchored the stitches at the beginning and end of each leaf.

Leaves stitched in place

Name Plate

I embossed my name & date on a piece of scrap metal, cut it out and button hole stitched it onto the front side of the quilt.

A rotary cutter worked easily to cut the name plate to size.

At this point I am undecided on an edge treatment.

Not certain if I need a binding, or perhaps just a facing.

I also may add a few leaves that have blown off the tree.

For now, I will take this to class today as a sample for the students.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Metal,

LuAnn

Metal Quilts & Mowing...

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I have been playing with metal, embossing tools and alcohol inks

It has been great fun!

My plan is to sew these onto my quilts...

I drew out small leaves, free-hand onto metal sheets.

I plan to cut these out and sew them on a tree.

I just need to make the tree...

I chose this piece of sun dyed fabric as my background

The metal leaves get along nicely with the sun dyed fabric

With a pencil, I sketched out tree branches...

You can click the image once to enlarge,

then click it again to zoom in tighter.

I plan to paint the tree on the sun dyed fabric...

I chose a Lumiere paint and a brown textile paint to mix together to create the tree trunk and branches.

I am happy with the paint color for the tree.

I will finish the tree then add some leaves...

At this point...

I am happy with the colors.

I am just not sure if I need to add more branches, more leaves, is it too bare?

I need to get away from this for awhile...

I think I'll go do some mowing

Climb on.....let's go mow the pasture

Ahhh.....what a great view

Straight ahead, in the distance, is Mary's Peak

Mowing has always been something I enjoy

I find it rather methodical and relaxing...

Mowing gives me time to sit back and think...

Now let's get some mowing done...

Let's head down to the river and take a look at some of the trees growing there...

The trunk is dominant on this tree, the leaves aren't so visible.

I do love the bare look of this tree.

This is an even ratio of trunk and leaves...

I like the balanced feel of this tree.

This tree, growing along the banks of the river, caught my eye...

The sun is shining through the moss hanging from the branches, and illuminating it.

It is soft and beautiful.

The pasture is so happy with its new hair cut...

All of the weeds and blackberries are gone.

This is the view over my shoulder behind the tractor.

We are almost done mowing...

Hard to believe you rode around with me and

we mowed 25 acres together.

That gave me lots of time to think, gave the painted tree lots of time to dry, and now I am headed back to the Thread Shed to take a look at the quilt with fresh eyes...

More to come tomorrow...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn