Whole Cloth....Progress

Earlier this month I completed the

design work on paper

for my next whole cloth quilt...

Layer 1.....Basic Design Lines

Layer 2.....Larger Motifs

Layer 3....Fill Work

36 inch square quilt size

You are looking through all 3 layers 

of the design on paper.

The border feathers on this design are

very large.

I decided to baste up a practice sandwich

so I could practice stitching out 

very large feathers...

After the feather work,

I decided to finish off the sandwich with some

background fills...

I used this grid stencil to chalk out

the lines for the right side of the sandwich...

Then I stitched a double wedding ring design

within the straight line grid work.

I chalked out a clam shell stencil

for the left side of the sandwich...

I stitched 2 little eyelashes on the inside

of each clam shell shape.

It was good feather stitching practice

as well as background fill work FUN!

I may turn this into a tote bag or

tablerunner?

Yesterday I transferred the design lines

from the paper onto the satin fabric

using a light box and blue water erase pen:

I only need the main design lines 

traced onto fabric.

The remainder of the design is 

free motion stitching.

This is now basted into a 

36 inch square quilting sandwich 

and is ready to go under the needle.

I will take photos and share my progress

as I machine quilt this whole cloth quilt.

More To Come!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi