| Macybaby |
08-31-2015 05:53 AM |
Let's see if I can answer a few questions - the leading is 1/4 double fold bias - using black batik. I started out with a regular 1/4 bias maker and just hand feeding the paper backed fusible web. Then I bought one that is made to use with the web, but that didn't work well at all, so I went back to doing it the other way. I ended up using about 10 rolls of web (50' each) for this project.
The windows are in the Our Lady of the Sioux chapel on the campus of St. Joseph's Indian School. I've been working here for near 15 years now, - and I've been planning to make a quilt using the designs on the windows for a while, just finally got to it.
I used the pictures from the pamphlet and enlarged them. Since all but two are symmetrical side to side and top to bottom, I used one corner of the picture, and enlarged it to 8*11 and printed it out. Then I took a larger sheet of newsprint and folded it in half twice (so it was quarter) and roughly drew the lines for the colored areas. I used a ruler to get them straight, then cut them out while the paper was still folded.
That gave me the pieces for the colored fabric, and also a layout of where they went with the part of the paper that didn't get cut. I used washable glue to keep the fabric in place, and layered it where that worked better. Than I ironed the fusible web into position. That got a bit complicated to make sure all raw ends were tucked under another piece. Then I went to my sewing machine and did a narrow topstitch all around both sides of the bias tape.
This is one of those designs/methods that is a lot simpler than it looks.
This quilt is intended to be sold - either through auction or raffle at the PowWow. The intent when I made it was to help raise funds for the School. I'm going to spend some time at the Museum to get ideas for quilting designs, we have lots of Lakota artwork and artifacts to look at. I'll be machine quilting it using my HQ Fusion. I'll mount it sideways so I can quilt each "block" in one pass.
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