New fabric...Ideas?
06-19-2016, 05:12 PM
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
Originally Posted by JenniePenny
Something like Beyond Horizons. cut it apart, keep track of the order of the pieces, then use a white fabric to separate them, and vary the length of the white strips to give the illusion of a curve in your fabric.
06-19-2016, 05:40 PM
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,752
A Ricky Tims Convergence with the strips cut diagonally so you don't lose the vertical and horizontal basketweave effect of the print might be fun.
Wonderful fabric.
Rob
<object type="cosymantecnisbfw" cotype="cs" id="SILOBFWOBJECTID" style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block;"></object>
Wonderful fabric.
Rob
<object type="cosymantecnisbfw" cotype="cs" id="SILOBFWOBJECTID" style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block;"></object>
06-19-2016, 07:29 PM
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: The Deep South near Cajun Country, USA
Posts: 5,385
I love the idea of a Convergence quilt. Great idea from Rob. Here are a few examples to look at https://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...g&action=close
Would you share the name of the fabric & the manufacturer with us?
Would you share the name of the fabric & the manufacturer with us?
06-19-2016, 08:41 PM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,140
Ugh! I had a whole post with ideas in it, but then screen froze & I lost it.
Really love the fabric! Here are a few ideas of what I might do with it depending on the rest of my decor:
1) Mount it to an artist's canvas. It's really beautiful on it's own!
2) Create quilted throw pillows with it. Can't tell if it is dimensional or a print. If it's a print, I'd do straight line quilting following the lines of the printed design in either a dark charcoal or a dull black. I'd just quilt it to some W&N batting & add a pillow form. Would be nice either with a solid backing or with the beautiful fabric on both sides -- depending. And I really think it would look pretty as a neckroll.
3) If it's a print, fussy cut strips of it to make a quilt like Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's Fibonacci Sequence series (http://www.bryerpatch.com/gallery/fibonacci_quilts.htm)
4) Use as a background for appliqued wall quilt. I could see this going a few different directions. If it's dimensional rather than a print, I'd probably back my applique pieces by sewing to a piece of muslin & turning inside out, and then using a washable glue to temporarily affix to the fabric.
For a more formal look, I'd do the applique entirely in black, white, grey, or a combination thereof -- and would make it realistic. I'm debating between a cityscape or shadows of African dancers (I saw a pattern in AQ magazine a few months back that I really loved & it would look great with your fabric as the background), though even a pine forest could look really nice -- like Northern Lights.
For a more artistic look, I'm reminded of Libby Lehman's work using reverse applique. The fun thing about that is you just pick several fabrics (prints, solids, blends, whatever) that coordinate with your background fabric and just keep layering & cutting until you get something you like. Just to give you a super rough idea of how that works:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]552502[/ATTACH]
You start with the main fabric, then I'd layer the lights next & the darks on top of that. Then, stitch & carefully snip through the top layer to reveal the lighter fabrics & snip further to have your background peaking through the middle. It's a lot of fun to make because if you don't love it at any particular stage, you just keep adding and/or cutting until you get something you do like.
Really love the fabric! Here are a few ideas of what I might do with it depending on the rest of my decor:
1) Mount it to an artist's canvas. It's really beautiful on it's own!
2) Create quilted throw pillows with it. Can't tell if it is dimensional or a print. If it's a print, I'd do straight line quilting following the lines of the printed design in either a dark charcoal or a dull black. I'd just quilt it to some W&N batting & add a pillow form. Would be nice either with a solid backing or with the beautiful fabric on both sides -- depending. And I really think it would look pretty as a neckroll.
3) If it's a print, fussy cut strips of it to make a quilt like Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's Fibonacci Sequence series (http://www.bryerpatch.com/gallery/fibonacci_quilts.htm)
4) Use as a background for appliqued wall quilt. I could see this going a few different directions. If it's dimensional rather than a print, I'd probably back my applique pieces by sewing to a piece of muslin & turning inside out, and then using a washable glue to temporarily affix to the fabric.
For a more formal look, I'd do the applique entirely in black, white, grey, or a combination thereof -- and would make it realistic. I'm debating between a cityscape or shadows of African dancers (I saw a pattern in AQ magazine a few months back that I really loved & it would look great with your fabric as the background), though even a pine forest could look really nice -- like Northern Lights.
For a more artistic look, I'm reminded of Libby Lehman's work using reverse applique. The fun thing about that is you just pick several fabrics (prints, solids, blends, whatever) that coordinate with your background fabric and just keep layering & cutting until you get something you like. Just to give you a super rough idea of how that works:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]552502[/ATTACH]
You start with the main fabric, then I'd layer the lights next & the darks on top of that. Then, stitch & carefully snip through the top layer to reveal the lighter fabrics & snip further to have your background peaking through the middle. It's a lot of fun to make because if you don't love it at any particular stage, you just keep adding and/or cutting until you get something you do like.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Sewnoma
Mission: Organization
30
12-13-2015 03:35 PM
craftybear
Links and Resources
14
11-28-2010 09:07 AM
tallysue
Introduce Yourself
13
11-14-2010 12:06 PM
