Sunday, November 29, 2015

slow stitching/ hand stitching/ Bead fun

I am finishing up the painted fall piece.
 I showed you the painting of it, and showed you the 3-D leaves, and this is a pic of the leaves sewn down, the top is pretty heavily quilted for a small 22" X 27" quilt.
I am putting on a striped binding slightly larger than usual, finishing at 3/4". 
The leaves are standing up nicely and I quite like the rough threadwork on the edges and the veining.
The binding will brighten up the whole caboodle.
Of course I woke up thinking about embellishments though. I am not even done with binding although I did add in the sleeve already. I should wait to do beading and special trims til the binding is done, however....
Can you see the bugle breads, yellow sequins, and gold metallic star sequins?? I played for an hour while having coffee this morning. Pulled out the bead trays, auditioned many possibilities. A few are being called back for a second trial but by tomorrow I should have sewn down the binding by hand, then be well into the hand beading.

The whole thing was never meant to go this far. I painted it on a whim, and thought it wasn't worthy of finishing til my friend Annie said it was. I looked again and thought, maybe it is.

Then I fussed with borders til I got the idea to make scrappy 9-patches and loved them. Some leaves are painted, some raw-edge appliqued, and some are free standing finished on both sides and curling up like real leaves.It's almost all done but the hand work and I wrote a short story to go with it.
Should be ready to post by Monday.
Thanks for looking!! 

23 comments:

Kaelyn Angelfoot said...

Those teasers you posted are beautiful - can't wait to see the whole thing!

Turid said...

Your pictures are just eye candy. I love them.

Kaja said...

Love those leaves!

Val's Quilting Studio said...

I always enjoy seeing what creative fun you are up to! Even if they are just teasers...lol!

Carole @ From My Carolina Home said...

Exquisite. Truly a work of art.

Julierose said...

Love the edges in scrappy look and beading {be still my heart} --I love beads on cloth and haven't done any since I made Mom her beaded Holy Card --your painted piece will be lovely...hugs, Julierose

Unknown said...

Wow, that is incredible. Can't wait to see the whole quilt

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

That looks so colorful and fun! Looking forward to seeing your finish!

Monica said...

It's looking really good! I'm also looking forward to seeing it all together!

Angie said...

Wow - can't wait to see this in all its sparkly glory!

quiltedfabricart said...

Don't you just love getting obsessed with a project? I'm really liking what I see so far. Take it to the limit! I say

Maria said...

It's beautiful!!!! Great work!

Ann said...

I'm so glad you finished this. Many lovely details. Very inspiring.

Deb said...

It really is taking on a life of its own, love the added beads.

AnnieO said...

Beautiful! Love the ginkgo leaves.

AlidaP said...

It looks amazing already... I am looking forward to see the complete masterpiece! thanks for sharing!!

Bonnie said...

Looks great. I love the 3-d leaves. I have that same orange stars and swirl fabric. Mine has been used on a LOT of Halloween quilts. Hopefully it is used up but I bet I still have some somewhere.

Kate said...

The leaves look great and I love your borders. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished project.

Anonymous said...

Wow, really gorgeous work!

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

Looks beautiful!

Denise :) said...

Oh my gosh, your work on this piece is scrumptious! I'm visiting from Slow Stitching Sunday . . . gonna have to fast forward and see if you posted a finished pic! :)

Angela said...

So pretty!

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