Here are the photos as promised yesterday, but I did forget to take one of the whole quilt. Will do that before I hand it over.
I really did enjoy practicing on this quilt and used a design I saw Irena Bluhm showing on Youtube. It really does add wonderful movement to a quilt and was so easy to do. I like that easy bit. Practiced my freehand feathers too.
The gold Superior Threads Magnifico does look really good on this quilt and gives it a lift.
The back looks nice too.
I need to practice my pebbles though...a little bit wayward in parts.
In November I bought some lovely old doilies and duchess cloths from our church fair. They were washed and popped on a shelf for a bit. When I looked at them again last night I realised this embroidered beautiful silk square is signed. What amazed me was the date!
Yes, that is 1891!!!! (a little hard to decipher if it is a 1 or a 7, but I'm going for 1) How special is that. I am so amazed that someone could let it go, but then sometimes there are no family members left to care about these wee treasures. I am going to make it into a small quilt and make it a part of our family history so that Marion's skillful work continues to delight others.
The embroidery is exquisite and I wonder if silk was very expensive in the 1800's?
That's it for now. I did finish off the last two blocks of Olivia's quilt so the last four are now ready for stitching, but spent most of the day loading a very large quilt. The customer sent a cotton sheet for backing and it is not nice. It is barely large enough and I had to add extensions to the sides. I just hope I dont have too many tension issues.
Off to watch to rest of the cricket - New Zealand v West Indies in a Twenty/Twenty match. Fun!! Whoopee we just got our first wicket (we are bowling).
Take care and come back soon.
Blessings
Clare
Lovely quilting, I've been watching her videos too
ReplyDeleteThat silk piece is beautiful. I don't know how people can part with such treasures - but I'm glad they do!
Linda