Every now and then, I need to touch cloth. I will use this space to show my play with cloth and tell my thoughts while stitching.
I will only use unwanted clothing, cast offs, remnants, unfinished WIPs, cloth napkins, table cloths, curtains, and my stash which is pretty extensive.
I also intend to ramble randomly about anything that might come to mind. My rambles may be long or short or with photos only.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
The Ballarina Bird
The Ballarina Bird
Hides in the Jungle where all sorts of strange birds live.
hi Sharon. spending time this morning reading through your blog and loving you work. the fabrics, designs, and now Ballarina Bird. the stories she could tell, i think.
Sharon, I took an online class with Jude and made a "Woven Wall--with Ladies" quilt--my first experience with strip weaving; all by hand. I am planning on adding a back--how ar you working on two sides at once? I really don't want to do machine stitching as so far it is all hand done...Julierose
Hi Julierose, I am adding the back cloth a piece at a time and stitching each as I go all by hand. I wanted the back to not have ragged edges so I am laying the piece right-sides-together and stitching. Then I flip the new piece over an stitch along the seam edge of the newly added piece. I also stitch the other three outside edges down before stitching in the middle. (this outside edge stitching is close to the edge and eventually is within the seam line....in other words, doesn't show as part of the quilting stitches. This keeps it from distorting. I started in the center and am working out from that and will only add the back when the front stitching is done. I was anxious to start the back even though I was not finished with the front. I was anxious to know if it would be hard are easy to quilt on the backside without the stitches showing on the front.
IT IS AMAZING HOW EASY THAT BACKSIDE STITCHING IS. It was a big surprise. One problem I am having is, I intended to only quilt stitch the back and not add any more embellihing (because I will never get finished with this one) but it is very hard to hold back the inspiration bombs that come to me while stitching.
I hope this is helpful. It really is easy to do. Thanks for looking, sorry I missed your comment.
hi Sharon. spending time this morning reading through your blog and loving you work. the fabrics, designs, and now Ballarina Bird. the stories she could tell, i think.
ReplyDeleteSharon, I took an online class with Jude and made a "Woven Wall--with Ladies" quilt--my first experience with strip weaving; all by hand. I am planning on adding a back--how ar you working on two sides at once? I really don't want to do machine stitching as so far it is all hand done...Julierose
ReplyDeleteHi Julierose, I am adding the back cloth a piece at a time and stitching each as I go all by hand. I wanted the back to not have ragged edges so I am laying the piece right-sides-together and stitching. Then I flip the new piece over an stitch along the seam edge of the newly added piece. I also stitch the other three outside edges down before stitching in the middle. (this outside edge stitching is close to the edge and eventually is within the seam line....in other words, doesn't show as part of the quilting stitches. This keeps it from distorting. I started in the center and am working out from that and will only add the back when the front stitching is done. I was anxious to start the back even though I was not finished with the front. I was anxious to know if it would be hard are easy to quilt on the backside without the stitches showing on the front.
DeleteIT IS AMAZING HOW EASY THAT BACKSIDE STITCHING IS. It was a big surprise.
One problem I am having is, I intended to only quilt stitch the back and not add any more embellihing (because I will never get finished with this one) but it is very hard to hold back the inspiration bombs that come to me while stitching.
I hope this is helpful. It really is easy to do.
Thanks for looking, sorry I missed your comment.
Wow! I love your stitch work!
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