Monday, July 30, 2012

Blue feathers

This is the latest SewCal Gal challenge, took a bit of time as I have been sick and then busy at work, and it is a bigger piece- about to be made into a cushion. Its a piece of hand dyed fabric, with a 'tile' like design, I decided to try to fill all the tiles with feathers, at first I tried small pebbles, but the challenge to myself of filling the  spaces with the same design paid off.  I did unpick the pebbles and one other sqaure- so time consuming.
I wish I had done some simpler feathers with wider spines as they look effective, I do have some thread build up in the spines, but it was a good thing to try to have as a sample.
The tutor for this month is Angela Walters.
The threads are mostly rayon embroidery threads which have a lovely sheen with Bottom Line in the bobbin.
 Oh dear, for some reason that is my mothers hand holding that ruler! wonder how it got there! maybe a sign of my ageing not her sewing.....
To do the straight lines I used a 6" ruler to hold against the foot to make sure I was going straight, even with a drawn line it is hard to get a straight one sewn but the ruler with the non slip back on it works wonders, I have watched long armers use one and thats why I gave it a try, so easy and effective.
Not sure if my "grout" lines are a bit wide? mabye for another project to make smaller ones.

9 comments:

  1. I love the feathers inside the tiles. It looks awesome!

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  2. Beautiful job! From the fabric to the thread to the quilting!

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  3. Awesome quilting. Love your feathers.

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  4. I think this is stunning Jane. One of my favorites out of the 100 or so I have seen! Great job.

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  5. That looks fantastic Jane. I think the width of the 'grout'looks fine.

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  6. I love your feathers Jane. The ruler is a great idea! I cannot sew a straight if paid to. lol

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  7. What a great idea to use a ruler! Great job!

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  8. I love the feathers in the tiles. Just a word of caution, be careful using regular rulers with your machine, they are thinner than the ones used on Long arm machines and you can sew over top of them (ask me how I know!) and this can throw your timing off. Beautiful work.
    Barb@Witsend

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  9. Just browsing through some of the challenge links. Yours is amazing. The ruler really did get the job done. My lines were so bad--even when I drew them first. The feathers are beautiful. What a great idea!

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