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| Dogpatch 21.5" x 21.5" cottons & tulle |
I felt the need to whip up a little something for a friend whose birthday is next Wednesday. My husband gave me Yoshiko Jinzenji's, Quilting Line + Color for Christmas and I'd been eyeing the animal silhouette handbags and pillows. With a few hours, less than a yard of white fabric, some scraps and 2 layers of tulle I had a quilt. I'm calling it Dogpatch, which is actually the name of dog park in the City.
The quilting was fairly time-consuming. I used the edge of the foot on the walking foot as a guide for the spacing of the stitching. There really wasn't any way to mark over the tulle and it didn't bother me if the lines weren't perfectly straight. And because I decided to stitch in 2 different directions, I had a ton of threads to bury.
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| Inspiration Quilting Line + Color by Yoshiko Jinzenji |
I enjoyed trying something a little different and minimalistic for a change. I still need to bind it and I'm thinking of adding a touch of color by adding some faux piping -- we'll see if I can figure out how to do it!
2 comments:
I won that book in a giveaway recently. It is very inspiring, but I never had the courage to try anything out of it! I love that you did - it's fabulous! What was it like quilting over that tulle?
Lesly, it wasn't any trouble at all. I used my walking foot - but I imagine my open-toe free-motion foot might catch on the tulle. I've seen lots of applique landscape quilts with little bitty pieces quilted with tulle. I'd love to try that sometime.
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