I cut random sized circles out of hand marbled fabric. I cut same sized circles out of mottled black fabric and fused the two together. Added batting to the back and stitched around each marbled circle with monofiliment thread. I cut away the batting from the circles ... trapunto.
Added another layer of batting and the backing. Re stitched the circles. Quilted the background in pebble fashion. After stitching the edge with a decorative stitch, I spritzed my piece to block it. The un pre-washed fabric dried and the quilting was enhanced.
Detail of quilting
Lovely work! The shadows are especially effective!
ReplyDeleteAn eye-catching quilt with beautiful quilting! I love the shadow effect. Hand marbled fabric! It is lovely. I want to try that sometime!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! The shadowing and marble fabrics are perfect.
ReplyDeleteLove the marbled fabrics and the shadows set them off perfectly. The machine quilting is great and enhances the piece so well!! Wish I could see in person - looks like there is more depth to it than appears in picture. Nice!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this in person! The fabrics and shadow are wonderful
ReplyDeleteI"ll bring it on Sunday
DeleteI"ll bring it on Sunday
DeleteThe marbled fabrics are gorgeous, and using black for the shadows was a great idea. The "circle" pebble quilting was a perfect choice, and spritizing the completed quilt to shrink the unwashed fabs was ingenious ! Great job !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful marbled fabrics. The effect looks like you could just pick them off!
ReplyDeleteThis piece is beautiful! The blackish shadow is so very effective. Perfect use of the marbled fabric. I've always admired it but never knew what I'd use it on. Good job quilting!
ReplyDeleteThe fabrics are beautiful and a wonderful balance of colors. The shadows are a great addition and the stitching adds so much wonderful texture - great job
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! There is such an amazing depth to this piece. Did you marble the fabric? It is certainly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, WOWIE, what a gorgeous piece with outstanding detail! I love all the steps you took to create this piece. The marbled fabric is perfect and the black shadowing really sets off each circle. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing effect you got with the shadow, and the marbled fabric is gorgeous. Thank you for your explanation...what a great technique to know about: spritzing unwashed fabric for enhancing the stitches.
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