Have you ever had a slow talking quilt? Well this dancer is exactly that. Don't think he will sweet talk anyone anytime soon :-)....
I have had my latest dancer in the works since late winter. Yes, I seem to be quite fixated on dancers these days, but I guess like my circle quilts of a few years ago, they are my muse at the moment. While the center was easy applique from my sketch pad, we went through early spring together deciding on how to work the sashing and boarders. I threw away a bit of fabric deciding on the sashing color... blue or yellow, but finally he said blue. The boarder accent fabric had been my inspiration for the color scheme, but oh my there sat full circles printed too far away from each other for my use. So I had to improvise by fussy cutting the circles out of their black background fabric, cut them in half and applique them on a different Kona black fabric at a distance that worked for him.... phew!
Then it was how to quilt it in late spring. The center was easy. I wanted something that had a primitive look to it and I had to be able to hide some Adrinka symbols in the background. A couple of hours and the center was done. But, once again, the sashing became the stumbling block. So once again, I had to put him down until he spoke to me.
By early summer he was finally quilted, but he needed more. So I decided to pull out some embellishments I had brought for my last dancer and never used. He has a silk ribbon skirt, as well as arm and ankle bands made of yarn and beads and a beaded neck piece. Then I added crystals here and there, both in the background to accent the Adrinka symbols, but also in the center of each of the setting squares. I figured, hey why not... it adds a sort of pizazz! :-)
He is quilted entirely in Superior Threads.... Rainbows for the Adrinka symbols, and then either SewFine or Masterpiece for everything else.
Tonight I finally got around to squaring it up, so I can attach the binding this weekend. It would be nice to get him finished in time to submit him into the Pennsylvania Quilt Fest, but entries have to postmarked by next Friday, and of course.... I am not sure if he is finished yet.... I think he wants a headdress.... I think he's telling me that no respectable Asante warrior would go into battle without one.
What to do... what to do.... What do you think?
Is he finished yet????
I have had my latest dancer in the works since late winter. Yes, I seem to be quite fixated on dancers these days, but I guess like my circle quilts of a few years ago, they are my muse at the moment. While the center was easy applique from my sketch pad, we went through early spring together deciding on how to work the sashing and boarders. I threw away a bit of fabric deciding on the sashing color... blue or yellow, but finally he said blue. The boarder accent fabric had been my inspiration for the color scheme, but oh my there sat full circles printed too far away from each other for my use. So I had to improvise by fussy cutting the circles out of their black background fabric, cut them in half and applique them on a different Kona black fabric at a distance that worked for him.... phew!
Then it was how to quilt it in late spring. The center was easy. I wanted something that had a primitive look to it and I had to be able to hide some Adrinka symbols in the background. A couple of hours and the center was done. But, once again, the sashing became the stumbling block. So once again, I had to put him down until he spoke to me.
By early summer he was finally quilted, but he needed more. So I decided to pull out some embellishments I had brought for my last dancer and never used. He has a silk ribbon skirt, as well as arm and ankle bands made of yarn and beads and a beaded neck piece. Then I added crystals here and there, both in the background to accent the Adrinka symbols, but also in the center of each of the setting squares. I figured, hey why not... it adds a sort of pizazz! :-)
He is quilted entirely in Superior Threads.... Rainbows for the Adrinka symbols, and then either SewFine or Masterpiece for everything else.
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| How do you like those abs ? :-) |
What to do... what to do.... What do you think?
Is he finished yet????
2 comments:
Hi is fabulous! If only I could quilt abs like that on my man!
If only I HAD abs like that!! Guess it is why I gave them to him :-)
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