What's it called?
Tricia Rawski
north. One particular set of quilts was like nothing I have ever seen
before. The quilter had taken LOTS of different fabrics (at least
different patterns and colors) and using just little squares of them,
formed a larger overall picture that you could see if you stepped back a
short distance. The one that caught my eye had to do with flowers (I
remember because the border along the outside was done in a fabric that
had lilacs on it). I believe this was more a quilted wall hanging then
one for use on a bed.
What is the technique/style called? I hope I have described it well
enough.
Thanks,
Tricia
Diane Field
I believe that you are talking about a Watercolor Quilt. That is the
technique where you cut up small pieces of fabric (usually floral) and place
them strategically until you make a picture. I can recommend a wonderful
book if interested. Hope this helps,
Diane
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Jen
the light, mediums, and darks create a picture in the quilt.
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Virginia Hughes
This is a lovely technique using small squares of assorted florals of
varying values to create pictures ranging from quite abstract to much
more realistic and detailed. It was all the rage a few years back and
still has many practitioners; but it doesn't seem to show up at as
many shows as it used to, which might account for why Tricia hasn't seen
it before.
Virginia in Paradise, who always wanted to try one but is chicken
Butterfly
You buy the background 'grid' and iron your selected pieces onto it. Then
you sew along the 1/4 " seamlines and sew horizontal and then vertical or
vice versa and voila it's ready for the batting etc. suppose to take the
'work' out of making one. Haven't seen it except in a catalog
Butterfly
Dragonfly
take thousands of tiny photographs and use them to make a portrait of
someone -- a quilt that makes a picture out of lots of little pieces of
fabric does the same sort of thing. I saw a book or something about
adapting this technique to quilts somewhere....sure don't remember who or
where. And about 2 or 3 years ago, maybe 4, there was a photo of a quilt
posted online that had used this technique to make a big picture. It's far
beyond the typical "watercolor quilt" wreath! It can be awesome.
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Lorilynn King
iron them onto it. (It's sort of like fusible interfacing with a grid on
it). You can then fold along the grid lines so that your fabric squares are
RST and sew your seam, backing and all, 1/4" away from the folded edge.
In our local guild, we're working on our row challenges and one of them has an
autumn theme. The latest addition to that quilt was a VERY creative use of
the watercolor grid stuff -- the quilter that did it had a cross stitch book
that had a horizontal design with pumpkins and leaves and stuff -- she used
some of that grid background and made a quilt version of the cross stitch
pattern (instead of little tiny squares 10 to an inch, she ended up with a
mosaic of 1/2" squares). It was GORGEOUS!
Lori in Colorado
Elainejr
<surfe...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>ou buy the background 'grid' and iron your selected pieces onto it. Then
>you sew along the 1/4 " seamlines and sew horizontal and then vertical or
>vice versa and voila it's ready for the batting etc.
Yes, I have seen this in a couple of quilt stores. The clerks all rave about
it. I've never actually seen it done, however.
Elaine
Jill and Marcus Gibbons
Yes, and I think another name for the same thing is colorwash.
Jill in MD
Becky H.
But I wondered, couldn't this be done with fusible webbing? You could draw
the grid lines whatever distance apart you wanted and iron the fabrics on
the fusible side. Then sew all the horisontal (so I can't spell) lines,
clip the vertical lines in the 1/4" seam of the horizontal lines and then
sew the vertical lines. Now, I'm probably missing a huge reason why this
wouldn't work. Anyone want to tell me what it is? I just would hate to pay
more for something that would be so easy to do on my own for cheaper.
Becky H.
Butterfly wrote in message <37DC2CFF...@worldnet.att.net>...
>Have you seen the 'latest' in doing a Watercolor?
>You buy the background 'grid' and iron your selected pieces onto it. Then
>you sew along the 1/4 " seamlines and sew horizontal and then vertical or
Karen Johnson
>Have you seen the 'latest' in doing a Watercolor?
>You buy the background 'grid' and iron your selected pieces onto it. Then
>you sew along the 1/4 " seamlines and sew horizontal and then vertical or
>vice versa and voila it's ready for the batting etc. suppose to take the
>'work' out of making one. Haven't seen it except in a catalog
Pssst .... Joanne's. $1.99 per yard. Great stuff!
It was wonderful meeting you at last,
Karen Johnson
Woodland Hills, CA
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Dragonfly
fusible interfacing. But I haven't seen the grid to see what it's printed
on. It seems to me you could draw your own grid easily enough. Or draw
diamonds...or rectangles....or....
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Becky H. <dar...@inland.net> wrote in message
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> I saw this at the San Diego quilt show. All the corners matched PERFECT!
> But I wondered, couldn't this be done with fusible webbing? You could
draw
> the grid lines whatever distance apart you wanted and iron the fabrics on
> the fusible side. Then sew all the horisontal (so I can't spell) lines,
> clip the vertical lines in the 1/4" seam of the horizontal lines and then
> sew the vertical lines. Now, I'm probably missing a huge reason why this
> wouldn't work. Anyone want to tell me what it is? I just would hate to
pay
> more for something that would be so easy to do on my own for cheaper.
> Becky H.
>
> Butterfly wrote in message <37DC2CFF...@worldnet.att.net>...
> >Have you seen the 'latest' in doing a Watercolor?
> >You buy the background 'grid' and iron your selected pieces onto it. Then
> >you sew along the 1/4 " seamlines and sew horizontal and then vertical or
> >vice versa and voila it's ready for the batting etc. suppose to take the
> >'work' out of making one. Haven't seen it except in a catalog
> >Butterfly
> >
>
>
Tricia Rawski
have to look into exploring how to do those....I wanted the name so I could
read up on them.
Danke!
Tricia
Dragonfly wrote:
> It's kind of a variation of a Watercolor Quilt. There is a man who would
> take thousands of tiny photographs and use them to make a portrait of
> someone -- a quilt that makes a picture out of lots of little pieces of
> fabric does the same sort of thing. I saw a book or something about
> adapting this technique to quilts somewhere....sure don't remember who or
> where. And about 2 or 3 years ago, maybe 4, there was a photo of a quilt
> posted online that had used this technique to make a big picture. It's far
> beyond the typical "watercolor quilt" wreath! It can be awesome.
> --
> Dragonfly
> (formerly Pam (mahubbard))
> (remove "nospam." to email)
>
> Tricia Rawski <raw...@online.emich.edu> wrote in message
> news:37DB9F04...@online.emich.edu...
> > I have recently (this summer) seen beautiful quilts at an art show up
> > north. One particular set of quilts was like nothing I have ever seen
> > before. The quilter had taken LOTS of different fabrics (at least
> > different patterns and colors) and using just little squares of them,
> > formed a larger overall picture that you could see if you stepped back a
> > short distance. The one that caught my eye had to do with flowers (I
> > remember because the border along the outside was done in a fabric that
> > had lilacs on it). I believe this was more a quilted wall hanging then
> > one for use on a bed.
> >
> > What is the technique/style called? I hope I have described it well
> > enough.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tricia
> >
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