Sunday, January 15, 2017

Karen's Boundaries:  "Come this Way"



Boundaries: Something that points out or shows limit.

An iron gate opens to welcome you to serenity.

Hand-dyed background with minimal quilting using smoke monofilament thread.
Black Kona Cotton cut on the bias in 1/4" strips. For the rods further away I shaved off a scant 1/6th of an inch from the 1/4" strips.  I used Roxanne's glue to keep the pieces in place. I used a 1/6th" satin stitch around all edges. Facings finished the quilt.

13 comments:

  1. Serene and lovely. Gate is beautiful. Excellent use of our current them!!!

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  2. Love the colors of the background and how you made made the gate. Beautiful detail in it! Beautiful.

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  3. How very peaceful and serene. The open gate is inviting. Well done.

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  4. This is great. I love the hand dyed fabric you used and the colors are wonderful!

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  5. A beautiful and striking quilt that speaks volumes! The handdyed fabric background is gorgeous! The way the gate is opening really draws me in.

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  6. Your image is so tranquil. It gives off the feeling a peace. Love your fence and the background fabric.

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  7. Beautiful sky colors. Excellent execution of the iron gate. My gate would never be cut that straight!

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  8. This quilt is SO serene Karen. It makes me want to walk through the open gate. Just beautiful!

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  9. Very elegant - great success at showing dimension - makes me want to see what is on the other side.

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  10. So very peaceful and pleasing. I loved that you took off 1/16 of an inch to make the perspective true. Very pretty!

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  11. You definitely made all of us feel that quiet tranquilness. I liked the well defined gate opening into those soft colors .


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  12. Absolutely beautiful ! Background colors are beautifully serene; and as others have mentioned, the gate peacefully invites us in to that serenity.
    How in the world did you manage to trim off 1/6th of an inch on that black fabric ! And then stitch all the gate pieces with a 1/6th satin stitch ! My eyes hurt even thinking about it :-D
    Beautiful quilt !

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