Japanese Garden, 17.5" x 25.5" ,2010
There is nothing like a deadline to encourage me to finish a project! I finished this piece last night by adding the binding, a hand-dyed fabric by Ricky Tims.
The quilt had languished for awhile as I contemplated adding borders to resemble a Japanese window frame. Finally, I decided I did not really want to do that. All I had to do was audition a binding fabric. The hand-dye had all the teals, purples, and greens of the quilted batik. This is a whole-cloth quilt that I free-motion quilted, painted with Shiva paint sticks, and beaded.
The gold areas were already part of the batik, but I added more shine with the gold paint, and heavily encrusted with beads.
My favorite part reminded me of a water feature, perhaps a cascade. I added some sparkly beads and a few little fishies.
The reason for the deadline is that I entered this piece into the Carolina Longarm Association's quilt show in September, and need to turn it in by next Saturday.
This will probably be the
3 comments:
That's OK because it's lovely!
It is beautiful. There is nothing like a deadline, isn't there...
Your quilt is beautiful and I love the embellishing! Good luck in the show!
SheilaC
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