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Iris Wall Hanging Finished

Posted on September 6, 2022 | 19 comments

This project began as a request from my Step-Mom (whose name just happens to be Iris).

She wanted an iris wall hanging for a certain space in her home, so the project was limited to size.

She has never asked me for anything, so I really wanted to do this for her!

I tried to finish by her birthday, and I would have, too, if it hadn’t of been for a broken part on my sewing machine and Covid.

No matter!

Iris will have her wall hanging for Christmas!

I don’t do a lot for a label, but it does have one!

And the iris fabric on the back was one of the pieces that Iris gave me to use for the project.

I was going to echo quilt a .25 inch around the iris (it is closely outlined with invisible thread), but then I immediately forgot that I was going to do that, and just forged ahead with the background filler. Oops.

Iris Project

Iris Project Update

Quilt On!

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Iris Project Update

Posted on August 16, 2022 | 17 comments

In August of 2021, I shared the Iris project in a post.

I was side-tracked by other things, including a nine month wait for a part to repair Betty Boop.

But I am on track now, and thread painting has begun!

All of the thread painting will be done with the feed dogs down and a free motion foot attached. I am using whatever shiny threads I have in my stash, most of it Sulky and Wonderfil rayon.

This was supposed to be a birthday gift, but because of shipping issues (waiting for that part that was sitting on a cargo ship), it has now become a Christmas gift!

Quilt On!

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Perhaps Moses…Finished

Posted on February 7, 2014 | 8 comments

What began as a class lesson on perspective has finished as Moses and Pharaoh’s Daughter. Most of us are familiar with the biblical story of Moses’ birth from Exodus Chapter 2: 1-10.

Had I known that the background was to become the setting for Moses, I would’ve chosen shades and tints of alabaster to create it (seems more Egyptian to me). But I had no end result in mind, and the background sat around for longer than I care to admit.

No matter that the details are not accurate. I’m an artist, right? I can take certain liberties. What’s important is that when one looks at this quilt, one can see the story.

So here it is: