QUILT JOURNAL - GIFT GIVER
Hand pieced
Hand appliqued
Hand embroidered
Hand quilted
21” x 21”
Completed - August 1994
Hand-made entry for the County Fair
Pattern - The Gift Giver
Designed by Susan McKelvey
(c) Wallflower Designs - 1993
County Fair - August 1994 -
Won second place -
They didn't have a category for "hand pieced and hand quilted" -
So they had to add one for my entry -
I guess it's a lost art - ;)).
Front -
Back -
Detail - face and halo -
Detail - hand embroidery on dress -
I tried to add some texture to the flowers on her dress -
Using the same color of embroidery floss as the flowers on the fabric -
Detail - silk flowers - 3D -
The original pattern had a little Christmas tree -
With a "star" button on top -
I substituted a small bouquet of silk flowers on my version -
Scrap card -
QJ - 1994
That is soooo pretty!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! I love to hand quilt and really should set aside that hour a day to do so. Maybe that quilt I told you about would get finished before the quilt show next fall that way.
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT almost to Beautiful to give
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