Hi and welcome to week 573 of Free Motion Mavericks. It feels like Spring, especially after the coming of daylight saving time and that wonderful daylight. I always remember my great-aunt at this time. She would joke that she was tired all summer, after missing her hour of sleep. That's how I remember that we loose an hour in the Spring. Thanks matante Marie! 😁
FMQ a sunrise
I've started on my outdoor hanging sculpture for our Fibre 15 Outdoor "Impermanent" Summer exhibit.
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| In progress - Dawn Sun |
You may recall that I want to make a hanging piece based on the mindful stitching below. The Dawn Sun is the first. I tried using 2 strands of wire around my first version but it was flimsier than I expected. Because the suns are round, I was able to place this first one in an embroidery hoop, which I'll be able to paint.
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| A Nod to the Great Pottery Throw Down (Season 1) |
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| Top half of my plan - I still have to figure out the rest |
I found many sunrise images on the Internet. It's not always easy to tell a sunrise from a sunset. Often the sunrise is softer and can be surrounded by pink and/or orange. Below you can see some yellow organza in front of Dawn Sun. I'll have to work with other colours and see what I get. Hopefully with the organza and the painted hoop, it will look like a sun rising at dawn.
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| Dawn Sun - adding organza will help make it look like a sunrise |
Here are a couple of process pictures. Since I'm making 2 more suns, you'll probably see a few more 😀. I used an old scarf to free motion embroider on. I placed the scarf in a 10" hoop and then used a smaller 6" embroidery hoop to outline the circle.
This first image is my first attempt. I free motion embroidered it and then added two 22 gage wire around it. I attached it to the small basket in front of my sewing machine as a guide for making the second one.
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| First attempt at a sun, using wire to keep it round(ish) |
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| Marked scarf in the embroidery hoop |
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Free motion embroidering the outline, adding sun rays and
then stitching the inside of the circle |
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| Some of the scarves and organza that I'll be using |
2-Colour Mystery Quilt
In case you missed the post, I'm working on Canuck Quilting Designs' 2-Colour Mystery Quilt-Along. I learned a lot - mostly to check many times before cutting and sewing! I'm sure that it will go better this week - I just got the latest instructions in my inbox!
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| First blocks finished! |
What I learned
- I'm glad that I've started this project because there's going to be a lot of technical things to figure out as I go along.
- One obvious thing that came to me is that if I use glue, it has to be waterproof or else things will fall apart.
- For example, I want to use Solvy water soluble products but if the glue completely leaves the piece because of rain, the end piece will become droopy. I can still use Solvy but I'll also have to use wire to keep the shapes.
- I'll be using old scarves that I have or that I've bought as well as my stash of organza and other translucent fabrics to create all of these pieces. I'll be playing a lot to see what works best.
- I just got the next clue for the mystery quilt - we're making HST. I think this might be easier - wish me luck!
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Did you know that Preeti has a new pattern out and that her testers all posted their version on the same day? Preeti's newest pattern is called
Rainbow Parade. I just love the placement of her colours. It's a really sweet quilt.
Frédérique of
Quilting Patchwork Appliqué made a very different quilt - yes, it's the same pattern but the colours are so different! What a great way to show off this pattern's possibilities!
Denise at A Quiltery created another amazing quilt! For the
Butterfly Garden-Log Cabin Blog Hop, her quilt background features log cabin blocks in a very pale batik. Add to that the yard light/birdfeeder, flowers, sun and butterflies and you have a real gem of a quilt. I won the pattern on Denise's site when it came out. I really want to make this quilt!😊
Ils sont beaux tes soleils, bonne idée d'utiliser de l'organza. Merci pour la mise en avant de mon quilt-test pour Preeti ! Amuses-toi bien avec les HST ;))
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Bonjour Frédérique, je dois y retourner bientôt mais je fais maintenant des tulipes! C'est un bon défi que je me suis donné! Bonne semaine.
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