Irony is the Opposite of Wrinkly!
I had trouble with this assignment. Even though I do appreciate a good pun, my wonderful husband has declared our home a pun free zone. We once had an acquaintance who made every conversational encounter an excuse to see how many puns he could produce, hence my dear husband's banning of puns in the home. I did get totally inspired when my very wonderful girl friend presented me with a custom T-Shirt for my birthday. The front declares (in rhinestones) "Stash Queen" and the back shoulder "Irony is the Opposite of Wrinkly". This quilt came as a complete mental image which was then filed away for the intervening months.
The white fabric was densely stitched onto texture magic and steamed. The black circle in the white area has a thread sketched iron. I did this by tracing a clip art iron cartoon onto a piece of aged sulky solvy which had yellowed over the years and so let me see the black lines even on the black background. I placed black fabric under the solvy and tear away under it. I free motion stitched the iron outline. The image was all there and the stabilizers were easily torn away.
The little circles were reversed appliqued into place. Getting a good final circle of the right size was difficult for me until my husband suggested I use one of his "junk" vinyl records (one of his current passions is collecting and listening to music on old vinyl records) as they are a perfect 12 inch circle.
The binding was less than successful as I wanted to arrange the colors so I used a wrapped rather than mitered corner. I am going to work on that technique!
As always this was fun and a great way to stretch
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This is such a hilarious pun! I confess I had to think about it a few seconds before it dawned on me! But it is so clever, and the way that your quilt illustrates "wrinkly" is amazing. Good job, friend Sara, and congratulations on posting so early in the game!
ReplyDeleteWhat a unique way of creating your quilt. I love the contrast
ReplyDeleteI love Sara, that you are always trying new things and teaching the rest of us how you accomplish them. I really like the wrinkly technique and must try it soon! Sew creative!
ReplyDeleteSo clever!! Your technique worked well for the wrinkly side and the iron is just a great touch!! The ying and yang portrayal is perfect too. Well done!
ReplyDeleteVery clever, love the wrinkles and your use of the black & white binding.
ReplyDeleteGreat design for a very clever pun! I have done a quilt with opposites and love all the contrasts you included. I especially like your use of Texture Magic.
ReplyDeleteThis is so well done! Great texture! Graphic and fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story, and I love the way you illustrated the story in your quilt. Thanks for explaining Texture Magic ... I think I have some, somewhere in all my stuff, but have never used it.
ReplyDeleteRE your binding.... For my Art Quilts, I've recently started using a "Fused Binding" technique that makes it possible to get the binding (colors, designs, etc.) exactly where you want them to be ! Check out Frieda Anderson and Laura Wasilowski for info on this technique.