Stupendous Stitching
 

I took the class "Stupendous Stitching" from Craftsy.com and have absolutely fallen in love with my project, so I wanted to share. I love how there is SO much too it- busy, but it all comes together. There is couching, decorative stitches, hand embroidery, and quilting.

This piece is 18x18. It will be mounted permanently onto foam board (glued down) and put onto the wall.

I have never done rat-tail binding before, and the bottom edge ruffled- I can't figure out why, as I didn't do anything differently on the other sides But for a first try, I'm pretty pleased. I think rat tail might be a nice alternative to traditional binding on wall hangings.

Woah- that picture is bigger than I intended. Sorry :(

Very pretty!!

Beautiful use of decorative stitchs and couching.

are the stitches hand & machine? what is "rat tail" binding...and why glue it to a board?did you dye the fabric as well? I like it!

I am glueing it to a board because that is a traditional method of mounting a piece of art. If you take a print to a framing shop, they will often glue it to foam board before framing (which is good to know if you ever want something framed that you don't want glued!!!) It is a method of permanent mounting.

The stitches are hand and machine. The hand stitches were just done with plain embroidery thread (all the strands together) and with yarn, as I had a much wider selection of yarn.

I did not dye the fabric, it is a batik fat quarter.

Rat-tail is a round satin cording. It is zig zagged to the borders to serve as binding, rather than bias tape.

very cute!!! good job

Very pretty.

Gorgeous! Can you lace it around the foam instead of using glue?

I won't, but I suppose you could. If you didn't want to glue it, you could just add a hanging strip like most wall hanging quilts.

Love it and the all the different sewing technique. It will be sure to cheer up a room. Great job.

Pretty!!!:o

Very interesting! I have seen a few quilts actually quilted with a decorative stitch.

It's beautiful and the size is nice... I like them big!

playing with stitches is fun, love the way it turned out

Beautiful.

pretty and very interesting

Beautiful and unique. What is rat tail binding?

Thanks for explaining this design, it is lovely and sew unique. I like it very much. Thanks for sharing.

WOW, that looks like fun to me. Great colors and I just love all those little lines going everywhere. A wonderful art medium.

really pretty as I love the colors

WOW, you did great job. I too an taking that class but haven't started stitching yet. Still collecting the bits and pieces. Thanks for posting.

Beautiful! I can't wait to try this one day!!!

What a wonderful piece. The base fabric was such a perfect choice. I'll bet that the more you did the more fun you had.
Cleodaisy

Really nice! I'm taking that class now and am loving it.

Did you use stablizer on the back or just starch? Your piece is lovely! Although I don't have many fancy stitches on my machine....I will give this a try...just have to use more hand work and embellishments.

That's beautiful. Hope to see more in the future.

Very pretty,

Very cool, like the binding/edging.

It is lovely work. I'd be very proud if I were you.

Love it. Saw the promo for this class - and now wished I had taken it.

That is lovely, particularly for your 1st project...love the batik and how you enhanced it

Very, very pretty!

I love it!!! :)

Awesome piece of art!

Thanks for posting. I've learned a lot from your stitching.

I hope you posted this on Craftsy because it shows amazing talent on your first attempt. The instructor would be proud of the direction her instructions took.

Thanks for sharing. I have just signed up for my first course with Crafty. It is not this one but you learned a great deal with your course; your art quilt came out great.