Allô and welcome😍 I'm so happy to share with you my finished coiled art piece. It was so much fun to make and I'm trying not to make another, simpler one because I have so many other things to do. But you know that "Resistance is futile", right? 😉
Pink Turtlehead Flowers coiled piece finished
I finished the piece shortly after publishing my previous post. Although the coiling and stitching part was finished, I still needed to attach it to the canvas. That's a job that I don't love because it demands more precision than I can usually manage. It came out OK. I stretched it as best as I could and then stappled it down to the canvas. I did learn a lesson which I'll share below.
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| Pink Turtlehead Flower |
Now I need to add the hanging wire to the back - another of my least favourite parts. If I wasn't showing it, I would just leave it as is since I hang these light canvases on a thumb tack or small nail.
The piece will be for sale at the Fall Fibre Fling coming up this weekend. I'm not sure that I want it to sell, so I won't be sad if it doesn't...but if it does, I'll just have to make more 😁
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| Pink Turtlehead Flower reaching for the sky |
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| Pink Turtlehead Flower among my favourite yard decorations |
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| Pink Turtlehead Flower - photographed outside |
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| Fall Fibre Fling 2025 |
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| Piece at Fall Fibre Fling |
What I learned
- When I was putting the piece onto the canvas, I wish that I had cut the excess fabric a little. That would be best done while the piece is attached to the canvas with thumbtacks. It would probably have been a little more even.
- I used the pinking sheers to trim the fabric. As I mentioned, from the back, it's not great but OK. At least it looks good from the front!
- It would be nice to make a smaller landscape piece - this is what Julia, our teacher, was demonstrating. I have 5" and 6" embroidery hoops that would be perfect. I eventually plan to make the piece withing the hoop and then leave it there. It's really easy to paint the hoops if necessary - even I can handle that! 😀
- This technique is perfect for travelling - all you need is enough strips, lots of thread, a background fabric (possibly in a hoop), scissors and needles. That's about as easy and compact as it gets!
- I've also discovered another technique from TextileArtist.org's Stitch Club that I'm making obsessively - weaving on paper. Another easy, small technique with infinite possibilities. If you have Instagram, you can check out my first pieces here.
Related links
- More of the Pink Turtlehead Flowers, October 09, 2025
- Textured Pink Turtlehead Flowers, October 03, 2025
- Julia Wright, website, Instagram
- Julia Wright, Artist interview in TextileArtist.org
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to these fun linking parties. Why not visit some after linking up below? Monday Musings, Sew & Tell, Needle & Thread Thursday, Off The Wall Friday, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Beauties Pageant, TGIFF, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2025, Favorite Finish October 2025, Put your foot down, Slow Sunday Stitching
Project details
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Pink Turtlehead Flowers
Coiled art piece based on Julia Wright's workshop with TextileArtist.org Stitch Club
Placed on an 8" x 8" canvas
Materials: fabric scraps, thread
Techniques: coiled fabric scraps, hand stitching
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 554 of Free Motion Mavericks! It was a very productive week! Thanks to everyone who linked up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting
Gwyned Trefethen is getting ready for her Open Studio tour. I'm sure that it's going to be wonderful! She has finished FMQ and squaring up her 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt. What an amazing finish! We're looking forward to seeing closeups once it's bound.
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| Gwyned's FMQ and squared off 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt |
Kat of Scrapbox Quilts has finished a lovely panel wall hanging Kat FMQ lightly around and in all of the elements and borders without adding a filler in the cream background. We're also looking forward to seeing the complimentary runner!
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| Kat's Tossed Leaves wall hanging |
Vicki of Vicki's Crafts and Quilting has been very productive with her lovely Christmas Cardinals wall hanging. She has also made more holiday runners. You'll want to check out her post.
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| Vicki's Christmas Cardinals panel wall hanging |
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| Details of the quilting on Vicki's Christmas Cardinals |
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| FMQ Turkey runner done by Vicki |
Denise from Quiltery made two gorgeous bags ByAnnie. The large one was both quilted and then machine embroidered. Check out her post for more pictures and info!
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| Denise's lovely quilted and embroidered bags ByAnnie |
Sandra Walker of mmm quilts shared with us her Tropical Twist quilt. It's a gorgeous finish and you'll want to check out her post for more yummy photos and closeups!
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| Sandra's lovely Tropical Twist |
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| Details of Sandra's FMQ on her Tropical Twist quilt |
It's now your turn!😊
One of my favorite parts of your weekly post is "what I learned". Every week there is another lesson. Your coiled piece reminds me of rug hooking.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gwyned, I got a lot of comments about the piece looking like rug hooking. I agree :-) Thanks for dropping by.
DeleteI love this piece that you finished...so beautiful. I agree with Gwyned about the learnings and I love that you are always learning and trying new techniques!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Kathleen. It's in my nature to learn and try new things...otherwise I get bored :-)
DeleteCongrats on this beautiful finish. I love all the texture with this technique :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Janine. I think you'll like the one I just finished - it'll be post on Thursday :-)
DeleteWow, ton tableau est superbe ! Je te comprends quand tu dis que s'il ne se vend pas, ce n'est pas grave, sinon tu pourras toujours en refaire un autre. Jolie technique, merci de partager tes découvertes et essais ! Bises
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup Frédérique. Finalement, il n'a pas été vendu mais je l'ai donné à une très chère amie. Je viens d'en finir un autre - j'ai eu beaucoup de plaisir à jouer :-) Bises.
DeleteI love the Pink Turtlehead Flowers finish! Great job. It's such an interesting technique. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Brenda. I love the technique so much that I made another piece and I'm starting to think about the next one lol!
DeleteA beautiful finish. The colors work so well, unfortunately it will probably sell. Fingers crossed you get to keep it in your collection.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate, it didn't sell but my girlfriend loved it so to her home it went! I just finished another one which will also be a present, so I'm planning my next one!
DeleteThat coiled piece is so intriguing! I've never seen anything like it, and I can see how it would be hard to resist all the ideas for making more!
ReplyDeleteThanks Leanne - it was hard to resist and frankly I didn't really try! I now finished another and am planning my next one! Too much fun :-)
DeleteThis looks like a really fun technique to explore! I hope the Fall Fibre Fling is successful and I have a feeling you will make more of these delightful landscapes whether it sells or not. Thank you for linking up with Favorite Finish.
ReplyDeleteThanks Yvonne, you guessed correctly! I just finished a 5" hoop and am planning the one after that! I'm having a great time doing these,
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