Ryan Holdridge, Eagle Scout with Mom, Christina |
This week has been a bit of a push... Not only did I work on my UFO Waterfall quilt, I wanted to have my 5 x 7 Artist Challenge Piece be able to coordinate into the salsa quilt theme. I'm pretty excited about the result so far. I've decided to not finish the edges of these salsa blocks, since I will be piecing them together into a full quilt.
The process for making this started with a photograph of a tomato. Actually, I picked out photos for each of the nine items (tomato, onion, cilantro, peppers, tomatillo, lime, chili pepper, corn, and onion.). I then removed backgrounds and resized the photos to fit the 5 x 7 format in Photoshop. I then printed the photos (2 to each page) on COTTON from VV Prints -(add link and type of cotton).
Start of thread painting the tomato |
I then hooped my tomato. When you are doing machine embroidery, it's important to use stabilizer (I used two layers-one of Pellon Stitch N Tear the second OESD Heavy-weight cut-away Embroidery stabilizer) to help ensure you embroidery won't get misshapen. You also hoop opposite from the way you do with hand embroidery, so the fabric is laying along the bottom of the hoop, rather than across the top edge. This way the fabric is flush up against the sewing table.
"Tomato" stitched on marked background |
After completing the tomato, I turned to the background on which it would be placed. I knew I waned to have the names of each fruit or vegetable printed out on the background, so I decided to try my friend's process for text (see note on how to do this with Marylee Drake's 'Celebration' quilt.) I picked a fun Font to go along with the Salsa theme and stitched it onto the background.
Adding decorative stitching |
Added freemotion quilting |
Coloring edge of embroidery so it can be turned under |
Turning edge under using Roxanne Glue Baste-It |
My completed 5 x 7 piece "Tomato" |
This week my blog was featured on FreeMotion by the River! Thanks, Connie!
You might also be interested in:
Current Works in Progress |
Fitting my Challenge with Showing |
2013 - The 5 x 7 Artist Challenge |
Check out these great blogs I've linked up with!
Freemotion by the River
Nina Marie Sayre Quilt Art
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
QuiltStory
Richard and Tanya Quilts
Freshly Pieced- Work In Progress Wednesdays
Made by Me!
Quiltsy Check out the wonderful seed stitch info on their Jan 17, 2013 post.
Congratulations to Ryan.
ReplyDeleteThe tomato piece is amazing. I loved that you used both machine stitching and free motion on the piece. And I enjoyed seeing how to did the tomato too. It never occurred to me to color the edges of that kind of stiffened applique, but it is a great idea.
The process is one I think I'd like to use. I do Photoshop, and I've looked at things other people have done with printables, but they never hit that "sweet spot" in my brain the way this process does. Are you going to be doing the other projects too?
Yes, my plan is that I'm going to do 9 fruits/veges that relate to "Salsa" and then I'll put them all together in a quilt. I haven't really figured out a way to finish the edges of such a stiff applique other than coloring the edges... unless I had a colored background that would match well enough. I think I like it better this way than leaving a raw edge. Thanks!
DeleteThe tomato is fabulous! Looking forward to seeing your other veggies.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tomato that you have stitched. Your quilt will look amazing when it's finished.
ReplyDeleteThank-you... I'm working on tomatillos tonight!
DeleteCongratulations to your son and your tomato is so neat! You must be a no-reply blogger as I can't reply to your comments. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi, Connie... actually I'm just a little bit unsure of how to do some things still! I don't really know what a no-reply blogger means. Doesn't sound good, though. Let me know what to do differently in the future, if you can. Thanks so much.
DeleteThanks for showing all of your process. What a great technique -- I love the variety of stitching you use in this project!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I work with Photoshop and the thread painting possibilities seem limitless! Thanks for the inspiration. I love your tomato! It looks great with the other stitching and the FMQ.
ReplyDeleteYou do some nice work.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is absolutely amazing! Thanks for linking up and whoop whoop!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all Kudo's out to our great teens!! I swear they don't get enough good press! Thanks for sharing your thread painting process - I am planning on doing some this spring!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great piece!
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