Although I love flowers, for some unknown reason I don't buy many flowered quilts. Here a re a few that vary greatly in the techniques used. I do look for a variety of techniques and styles when I am adding quilts to the Collection. Especially so with the 12X12 pieces. Here we have embroidery, fusing, beading, cut and rearrange, and hand applique.
"Fantastical Garden' Gillian B. Moss - La Jolla, CA 2012 12X12
Lovely soft colors of thread against a screen printed square with holes left for the hand stitched flowers. Straight stitches, cross stitches, back stitches, stem stitches, running stitches, fly stitches, single chain stitches - done in perle cotton and sewing cotton threads.
Cotton fabrics. Fused, machine applique and quilting.
Cute machine stitched June bugs are in the upper left quadrant.
Thom is known for the elaborate beading on his quilts.
"Ode to a Cabbage Rose" C. Terry Meyer - Espanola, NM 2011 12"x12"
Cotton fabrics, metallic gold thread. Machine reverse applique, machine quilting.
Cotton fabrics, metallic gold thread. Machine reverse applique, machine quilting.
It appears that Terry made nine blocks (there are nine 'surface' fabrics) and then cut them into fourths and recombined them to make four patches. The edges of the patches are butted together and stitched with mono filament.
"Calla Lily" Aileyn Renli Ecob - California 2010 12"X12"
Cotton fabrics. Fabric pen. Hand applique, Hand quilted.
Aileyn does the most exquisite hand work of anyone I know.
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