So, I wanted to do a whole cloth quilt. But not anything symmetrical or traditional. Just a pretty solid fabric, some thread and me, free-motion quilting. Now whole cloth quilts give you nowhere to hide. But that didn't scare me. Besides, I needed a quilt 24" by 24" to fit in my stairwell, so it was not that large.
And I have always liked illuminated letters. I love the extra special ways the letters were decorated. So I made, an illuminated letter, whole cloth quilt:
I love the Robin's Egg blue. So soft, yet cherry.
This is 24" by 24". Two layers of batting, thin cotton with wool on top. That gives a good "poof" in the unquilted areas, and the 2 layers give it a bit more structure for hanging.
And I have always liked illuminated letters. I love the extra special ways the letters were decorated. So I made, an illuminated letter, whole cloth quilt:
Our last name starts with "W" so my choice of letter was easy!
I love the Robin's Egg blue. So soft, yet cherry.
More feather practice
I drew the "W" with a chalk pencil. I also drew the border edge. Then I set out to fill the negative spaces with a variety of stitch patterns. And the white thread popped just enough.
I like the contrast of the matchstick lines and the feathers.
And I love the micro-stipple in the background!
I used Kona Snow on the back. 
7 comments:
Great job!
the picture does not do it justice -- it's amazing.
Oh you should have been with me at the Britihs Library 2 yeaes ago. Their collection of illu,monated texts is amazing. It would have been noce to have someon with me so poeple would not have thougt I was crazy talking to myself.
When you grow tired of thw W you can send it my way and I'll hang it in my house. It's awesome! Maybe I will male one for myself one day.
Sorry for the bad typing, I am on my exercise bike.
:-)
OH my goodness! I love it Kelly. Your fmq is fabulous! Bravo, very well done.
I feel privledged that I got to see the FMQ one in person....looked great! Noticed your color theory block on the main page, that turned out spectacular too. I still can't get over that you do that all on your machine and that you don't have a longarm quilter, you are amazing, so glad you share you skills and we can be inspired to try it too!
Gorgeous!Clever use of FMQ!
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