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Showing posts with label borders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label borders. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Progress Continues on Two Pieces

I've spent some time in the studio working on my 'Princess' piece. Here it is. 

 
The orange and deep purple borders are in the audition phase. I tried it with the orange as the outer border and the purple as the first one. But it was too bold, even for me!  I've also pinned up a portion of the bottom because it just looked too massive. I have several small snippets that I would like to sprinkle about. However, I feel the piece needs to be pleasing before I add anything else. The colors were not what I thought I would use, but I kept taking grey scale pictures and auditioning various colors. I wanted something that would bring life to the piece. I did put white fabric behind it to see how it 'sits' on a lighter wall, and the effect was fine. 
 

I know that if I use these colors, I want the orange to be minimal and the deep purple modest in width. 

I also did some work on my 'Wisteria' piece. I put the first border on then trimmed it down twice before I was satisfied with it's width. 

The golden print border has about 2" turned to the back. I wanted to get an idea of what it would look like if I did a gallery wrap onto a canvas frame. I've never done that before, but I think it would look good. Notice in the upper right I have cut a piece of the border fabric and pinned it to extend the original stem into the border. The green pieces on the lower left are destined to become leaves. I would like to do some stitching on it. Perhaps even some hand work. I'm not sure at this time. 

I've found that by having more than one project up on my design wall, I can flip between them and give myself time to ponder what I want to have done next. The only drawback with this is 'switching gears', so to speak, with the sewing machine. Different projects use different threads, needles, etc. But I am getting lots of practice!

May your day be blessed with happy memories,
Luann



Sunday, May 10, 2015

Making Progress

This week has been quite productive in my sewing room. 

First:  Before and after of my Wisteria challenge piece. 
Not finished, but I am pleased with where I am. 

 
 

Second: 
Top picture has all the pieces pinned to the design wall, but nothing was sewn together.
Then I have larger pieces and many smaller ones stitched in place on top of a batting and backing. 
Last two pictures are my thread sketching and free motion quilting, both of which need improvement. 
 
 
 
 
Third: I started working on my Princess piece. 
The top picture shows the portrait piece I made during Lola Jenkins workshop. 

 
 
In the picture above, I have placed two different blacks along the sides. The one on the left has very small gold dots. The one on the right has black dots and a more mottled background. I am thinking about using one or both as borders, if I keep it at the present size.