'A Hearty Splash of Colour' batik wallhanging

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01-28-2010, 05:24 AM

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cande

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I'm crazy about batiks and your wall hanging is just stunning. Love those bright colors!

01-29-2010, 12:06 PM

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WOW!!! You did a beautiful job on this!!!
I love your use of the batiks and black, what a stunning quilt :D:D:D

01-29-2010, 12:18 PM

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A woman after my own heart, embellish those "mistakes". Absolutely beautiful.

01-31-2010, 09:59 PM

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That is absolutely beautiful. What pretty batiks and the hearts set it off perfectly.

01-31-2010, 11:57 PM

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Thanks girls! I have another one planned where the strips are arranged to form a heart and a third to make a spider's web. And I'm trying to figure out a way to NOT have to hand sew the strips on the back - have ideas, will post if it works! ;) :D

02-01-2010, 06:33 AM

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Kathryn, I was thinking that you could sew the strips on the back with a cute fancy stitch on your machine then I remembered...you are doing this QAYG aren't you? Is so...then I dunno.....

02-01-2010, 08:14 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sandpat

Kathryn, I was thinking that you could sew the strips on the back with a cute fancy stitch on your machine then I remembered...you are doing this QAYG aren't you? Is so...then I dunno.....

Yup - I got some of that seam sticking stuff - Wundaweb in the UK. I'm going to try attaching bias strips to the back a shade wider than the sashing on the front then SITD round the sashing to catch the edges down? Will it work? Dunno! I saw a version where the strips on the back were machined down which showed a double line of stitches on the sashing on the front but I didn't like the look of that. Keep ya posted! :-D

02-03-2010, 03:19 PM

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Just saw this, K! wow! It's fantasticalicious!
I am one of those batik/bright converts too.
I have grown to love a lot of things I used to pass over, and so will a lot of ppl when they see this :wink:

02-04-2010, 11:32 PM

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I love batiks and your wall hanging looks stunning. Love the idea of hanging corners on the back.

02-05-2010, 01:04 AM

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Thanks Mousie and Deecee. I've just done another one using this same QAYG technique but with NO HAND SEWING! It worked! Yaaaayyy! Will post later with all the details! :-D