Class continues....

Well, class is over and I had the enjoyment of viewing 3 quilts at Guild last night....
They are just great...thanks for bringing them....

I wanted to share a special blog with you....
It's the blog of Naomi Ryder..... I thought you might find it interesting.

http://naomiryder.co.uk/blog/

I've finished the face quilt....

I decided to quilt right over the top of it....
I think I mentioned to you that I was going to contour quilt the face.... but I just decided to quilt right over the muslin.
At first I worked in black but after I had stitched the the first line, it looked too dark. I unpicked it and changed to grey.... it's much softer.
I decided to stitch in black on the top and bottom of the face.

Finished this guy today.... Kay has seen it in process...  It was actually for a quilt I'm struggling with.... it's an international challenge to be shown in Ireland in 2012... however, when I finished it today.... I liked it too much and I figured it was too detailed for the project.... so I will keep this one and make a plan applique for the quilt....

Street work Quilting 3.

I've been  quilting all day.... I finished the  appliques.
I used a smoke mono filament thread and a small zig zag.
I'm undecided about adding more thread illustration to the appliques.... I may leave them as they are.
I have to leave it for a few days now... and work on a few other projects.

 Street work quilting. 2.

I've prepared the bobbins... lots of them.....I'm using several colors of grey.
 


More illustrations of quilting.. It makes it easier to work the designs out on paper prior to stitching it.
I'm trying to achieve an urban effect.
Similar to the ambience of the video. I think you can see where the ideas come from.

The hand quilting is a thick flax thread and since taking these photos I've added red tapestry wool.

Street work quilting.

This is the back of the quilt.
I have a large stash and I never buy fabric for a quilt back, I like to use the fabric I have stored away.
The apple and newspaper piece was a wonderful cotton table cloth I picked up at an Antique Mall in the US. Its vintage, but I'm not precious about cutting it up... It looks surprising and I love it.




I audition my quilting and its a wonderful reference to have a scrap book of quilting lines.
This illustration represents the dark fabric in the centre of the quilt....
(Of course I do begin quilting right in the centre and radiate out)...so here it is.

So for the quilting.




I'm using this foot, Janome Converible free motion foot. The open toed shank is best for this project.




I'm stopping to do the hand quilting as I go.

Street work

The quilt top is ready to prepare for quilting.
It looks a little messy right now, but the quilting is planned and the shading of the various pieces of fabric will be quite subtle. It  will serve as the background for the quilting.
I will use quite a few shades of grey.  50 weight Superior Masterpiece.
Most of the quilt will be "Illustrative Quilting"I want it to look as if I'm scribbling with pencil... no feathers, no fans.... no "fill in" quilting... I'm going to use the fabulous freemotion foot on the 7700 Janome.
In previous posts I've shared with you the illustrations that will be Ghost quilted into the piece.
The back will be pieced with various shades and textures anf black and grey.... and probably one piece of red fabric....






This is my tag.. PKH... so if you see it anywhere, it's not necessarily me... but someone copying it...!!!!!
It's going to be 42 degrees today....(108) I have the aircon cranked in the studio and the pool looks sooo inviting..

working on the new quilt.

This is what I've achieved so far. It's a little out of perspective because this image is about 3/4 of the quilt.
I've begun with graduated grey fabric. Light in the middle and graduating darker to the top and bottom.

The bright colored graffiti images are printed onto artist canvas A4 size and will be quilted onto the quilt.
The wording will be appliqued and then there are 3 portraits on the right hand side of the quilt and the Illustrative quilting with be the black thread ghost images of the skaters.
The blue line, was actually the edge of the skate park.... I like it. I think I'll add it with ink rather than fabric.
So that's as far as I've got...

The classy Quilters of Adelaide.

Well, some of you were in the last class and I wanted to create a class that would continue some of the techniques we covered.

However, if this is the first class you've taken... welcome. This is new and is a stand alone class.

How do you do it?

We're going to use a photo....

Quite a simple photo.......   similar to this one below.

This is my son Jamie, and he was playing with Miss Tilly on Christmas day.

It tells a story.

I've taken out all of the background detail and simply focused on the image.

"Woow, how do you create the image, I can't draw?"

 Well, that's what you are coming to class for... there are several techniques to achieve this with no angst.

It's easy and it's fun.

The last day of the class is all about putting the quilting illustration into a meaningful quilt.

I will share a few of the illustrations I have done to create a few other  "Quirky Quilting Quilts."

As I write I am completing another quilt... (a rather large one) with the same technique.

It tells a story. The images were taken when I was in Winnipeg and a group of young people were skateboarding. I was in awe of their skill as they few through the air.

If you come back to this blog over the next few weeks. You can see the progress.

Now just what will you learn  in this class?

1. First and foremost, how to prepare the image you will be creating.
2. Good preparation, good quality products, good results.
3. How to transfer the image for thread illustration.
4. How to quilt it.
5. Look for the story in the background. Think of images that can be quilted to create the ambiance.

Requirements.:-

(this is more than you require, but I'm not sure how large you quilt will be)

1 metre fabric for the background. Consider a good quality, high thread count  cotton. If you choose a pattern on the background, it needs to be quite subtle.

Don't pre-wash the fabric please.

1 metre for the backing.... you may look for a fabric with a small pattern that will enhance the quilt..

The reason I'm saying that is that in the quilt of Jamie and Tilly, I used the pattern on the fabric of the back of the quilt to enhance the overall picture.

similar to the image below, this quilt back is wonderfully fine cotton from Ikea.

You will need thin cotton batting the same size as your fabric.

15 small safety pins.

1 reel masking tape.

rotary cutter, ruler  and mat.

1 reel of fine thread for the quilting on the background of the quilt.... it will need to be similar to the fabric color. 

I will have the black 50 weight Superior Masterpiece thread for sale in class.

1 pkt of 70/10 sharp machine needles. (you can buy these at spotlight)

One .5 black pigment ink pen. (You can buy a uni pin .5 pigment ink pen at most newsagents)

Bring your machine in good order and make sure you pack the instruction book.

Most importantly, bring the free motion foot.

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The open toe on the foot is an advantage.

Open open toe foot.

So lets do it ladies....

Email me if you have any questions.