One of the non-profits I like to support is the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, CO. Every year, I donate sewing supplies to their annual "garage sale" and I donate a pice of my art to their annual fund raiser luncheon "Fabric & Friends". This year they are also asking people to donate a miniature quilt.
Several years ago, I started watercolor paintings on paper. I liked the exercise of mixing different hues to create unique colors. I liked how they came out so I uploaded several to Spoonflower to be printed on fabric. But I never knew how to use them until several weeks ago. I thought if I added hand stitching to each square, it might make a beautiful miniature quilt! Now that the top is finished, I love the texture and the colors. I also enjoyed the process of stitching on this piece every night. Tomorrow, I will turn this into a "quilt" by adding batting and a backing and finishing with my rattail binding technique. Then, I need to add a sleeve and label to the back and deliver it to the museum before the deadline of March 15th!
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Jean Hanson
3/3/2024 07:06:14 pm
Carol, this is divine! I hope you post a pic of the final quilt. I’ve found spoonflower to be great fun, but never thought of uploading this kind of art. I’m inspired.
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4/21/2024 11:44:27 pm
I just love this! And what a simple but elegant bit of stitching. BTW, I exhibited a framed piece of Stupendous Stitching (from 2013) in my guild's Showcase Exhibit this weekend. Several people commented on it.
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