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What an amazing quilt!
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Oh my gosh this is amazing great job on the applique and fantastic quilting.
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Magnificent artwork. Fabulous quilting.
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Wow! Incredible. What skill and patience you have! Congratulations on this work of art!
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Gorgeous! I feel like I could reach out and pet him. Beautiful work!!
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An awesome blue heron.
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Wonderful job!
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This is one of the prettiest applique's I've ever seen. You have lots of talent! I can't get over how life like it is. Great job!
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Wow ... just beautiful ...
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Amazing! Fabulous! Beautiful!
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Feline, you are an artist. Case closed! :)
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As usual, your work is stunningly gorgeous. Superb job!
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Beautifully done.
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That is absolutely gorgeous!!
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Beautiful quilt and quilting!
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:thumbup: love it .
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That is awesome! You did a really good job.
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So absolutely fantastic!
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Beautiful heron and complimentary quilting.
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Wow! amazing! wonderful quilting and applique. Thank you for sharing.
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that is just beautiful your quilting is amazing
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Good job!!
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
(Post 8160029)
This is all raw edge fusible applique and done exquisitely. I did trapunto style quilting on the heron by loading the top with wool batting (no backing) and I did all the feather detailing. Those bits that come off the edge of the quilt (the beak and tail feathers) were new for me. It represented some challenges but I think it turned out well. I didn't do any stitching on the beak but did feather details in the tail. I had to pin the body of the quilt back (as well as the batting) and went slow as I had to do it one handed. I had to use my other hand to hold the piece while quilting.
After the heron was all done, I cut away all the extra batting and loaded it up with backing a layer of W&N and another layer of wool. Then quilted all the background. Techy summary: Batting as mentioned above, wool, then a layer of wool over W&N Thread: Invisfil by Wonderfil Threads, in multiple colors Hours spent: Approximately 8 but at least 2 of those hours were spent ripping out stitches and redoing. I had some areas I had to rip out as my tension got all wonky on me. Looked great on top, no so much underneath. I think I was getting buildup of the adhesive on my needle which caused it to go all cattiwhompus for no other apparent reason. I then had to make sure when I redid it I was hitting the same needle holes because the fusible tends to keep old needle holes visible, especially when there are multiple layers built up. The whole piece [ATTACH=CONFIG]603896[/ATTACH] Some detail shots [ATTACH=CONFIG]603897[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]603898[/ATTACH] All the tan feathers are the ones I had to redo. But the whispy feathers in the cranes breast I had done prior to that and the tension was just fine there. Which is why I attributed the tension issue to adhesive buildup on my needle. I wiped it down with rubbing alcohol and that seemed to solve the issue. I had no problems after that. [ATTACH=CONFIG]603899[/ATTACH] And a gratuitous back shot: [ATTACH=CONFIG]603900[/ATTACH] Janet Witte |
Absolutely beautiful work!
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Wow you did a marvelous job. Very nice!
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This is just BEAUTIFUL!!! Such detail, I know it must have been very hard to do and it looks so real!
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Although this thread is 3 years old now, it is nice to see the beautiful work again. Janet Witte do you have this hanging in your home? Very special!
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I have this pattern, and most of the fabric. I need to move it up to the top of the to do list. After everything I have already got going gets done! That means sandwiching/quilting,binding the two tops that are done, and finishing/sandwiching, quilting and binding the two tops that are in progress. Then on to the heron....may just be awhile!!
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How beautiful, stunning and a one of a kind even if someone were to do the same pattern it could not be replicated to this level of skill and perfection! Thank you for sharing.
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Fox
I have done several of her designs but my favorite is the fox. We did it as a group with our quilt mini guild one summer and no two are alike. Some looked like boy fox and some like girls fox. Mine hangs in our camp and I never tire of looking at him ( yes mine looks like a boy). We are not there now so can’t send a picture but looked it up
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Originally Posted by JanetLynne
(Post 8516960)
Thanks so much for doing a wonderful job quilting my heron!
Janet Witte |
Your work is gorgeous and I very much appreciate your artistic ability and the directions you were kind enough to include. Thank you!
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It never ceases to amaze me what people can do with fabric! This is a gorgeous piece of art and worthy of a special place in a museum. Thanks for sharing this with us!
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That is so awesome. The work is outstanding.
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Wonderful quilting and applique. I love the trapunto work on the bird's body.
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Seen this post years ago and it's like Christmas all over again - looking at this lovely work. Sure miss Feline Fanatic's fabulous contributions to this board!
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Fantastic job!
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Absolutely gorgeous! You did a fantastic job. AND thank you for sharing the technical details of your journey. I think those details are important to share.
Bravo!!! Donna Mc |
love your work!
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