Pictures from the design proces

A QUILT FOR MY MOTHER

Last week I finished a quilt for my mother to celebrate her 80 years birthday. Most of the fabric I have dyed and some of it is bought. It has been a hard work, but also very funny and I have learned a lot sewing it. Here you can see pictures from the process a the finished quilt.

BLOCKS FROM EQ

I am working with my EQ program and every time I think that it is funny. But to get the results made in stitching is something else. I can imagine that my computer products are sewed, but it doesn’t work so fast. Therefore I decided to try some of the blocks I made on my computer, and to use my home dyed fabrics. This is the result. I am satisfied with the blocks and the sewing, but I am not content with the brown ending of the quilt. I have learned that I must train free machine quilting and to use the special binding foot for my sewing machine.

FREE MACHINE EMBROIDERY

I snapped this photo on one of our trips round to the summer house. The small river is a place we often stop to have a rest and trough the years this place has been place we remember. I saw the tree and its reflection in the water. There was a motif I could use for embroidery. I have decided to do more of this kind of sewing, because it can combine my photo interest and my sewing interest.

Christmas present for my grand daughter.

Christmas present for my grand daughter. I do not know what Olivia wishes for Christmas. As I visit her in October I bought a play car for her. I have decided to make her Memory game although she is only 2 years old. I hope the parents will help her to use it.

MACHINE EMBROIDERY

Some weeks ago I went to a seminar with Bettina Andersen as a teacher and inspirer.She has written the book “Embriodery natruraly”.

I read the book before the course and it was inspiring. I brought pictures of nature that had to be the basic for my work on the seminar. I have learned to use the nature as an inspiration. To use my sewing machine for free embroidery was a new experience and I used all different kind of thread. I used Ultra Solvi is a “wash away” product for sewing and also other different kinds of new materials such as Paint Sticks. You can see my results from the seminar here below. I also show the pictures that inspired me.

Thee trunk bag. The pattern on the tree trunk is used for the embroidery on the bag.

Redcurrant. I had a good experience by picking our redcurrant this summer.

Hald lake This picture is from Hald Lake and I love it because of the colors.

Paint Sticks The paint Sticks can be used for marking up different patterns on surfaces. After the paint has dried and the fabric ironed, the sewing start.

Dying Facric

I love to dye my own fabric. I have done some batik dying, but then I found the artist Vikki Pignatelli. Inspired by her work and metode of sewing I started to dye Procion MX colors. Here you can se the first tree colors and a mix of them on one piece of fabric.

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