Friday, August 31, 2012

Colorwash

I finished quilting and binding my colorwash yesterday. I used a monofilament thread and a number 80 topstitch needle to stitch the blocks in the ditch. It's prettier than the picture. I added a hanging sleeve. This beauty will soon be on my dining room wall.
I took a color class Wanda taught while she was in Charlotte earlier this summer when she displayed her art quilts in the Ciel Gallery. The batik squares used to make this colorwash project were purchased from Wanda. She calls the batik kits 'starter kits' and suggests that you feel free to substitute and add batik squares from your personal collection to make your colorwash projects. I didn't. I used the squares that came in the kit.

19 comments:

  1. It turned out great! It will be a beautiful addition to your dining room!

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  2. Just beautiful....the colors are so striking. Great job on this.

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  3. Wonderful job! And with the table runner, you have a nice batik decor.

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  4. Wow! Bravo! This is beautiful! What fun you must have had!

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  5. Love it! Your dining room must look like an art show.
    Hugs

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  6. you did a great job Sheila. You really understood the lesson and executed it very well when you got home.

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  7. Georgeous quilt. It will look great hanging up.

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  8. If it's prettier than the picture, you must have a spectacular quilt there - because it's gorgeous in the picture! Whoop whoop!!

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  9. How beautiful Sheila! I plan on doing the same as you....just use Wanda's kit.

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  10. Wow, beautiful and perfect, Sheila! You definitely used the kit well.

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  11. Great job! It's a beautiful quilt!

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  12. Lovely, will look beautiful on the wall.

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  13. You have done a beautiful job! I, too, bought a kit from Wanda. She really makes it look easy, doesn't she? Mine is almost finished, but I did not do as well as you did. It was fun though and good practice.

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  14. Love the color wash quilt in batiks. Very nice.

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  15. Ok, this is going to motivate me to do mine. lovely.

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