Saturday, February 27, 2010

My very first art quilt ocean treasures !

I am so excited to be sharing my first finished art quilt ! i started with a piece of dyed cheesecloth and i embellished it on my embellisher with merino wool, silk fibres. I added some hand and machine embroidery, angelina fibres lots of beads and shells. I felted it to some blue felt and then added a quilted border which i machine quilted with variegated thread. I definately need more practice with the free motion quilting.

I am so pleased with how it turned out and i love the colours. I managed to find some batik fabric with the same colours as my embellishments and i used this to add the small border and binding. I hope you like it and i would love your feedback ! thanks for looking !



This is a close up of some of the embellishing


6 comments:

  1. Michelle, I found your blog address in the Embellisher group, when I comment your work, Your art quilt is so beautiful, love the colors.Looking forward to seeing more felt from you.
    Regards Anni

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  2. Hi Michelle,
    Found your blog and signed on to follow...
    Looks like you are all set with your machines... Got every angle covered eh?!
    Good luck with your creative endeavours..
    I like your studio space. Wish my space looked as neat!!! VBG
    Thanks for sharing
    xoxoxo
    ((((hugs))))
    Maggie

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  3. Hello Michelle, I love your art quilt, the colours are beautiful. The Embellisher is great fun, isn't it?

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  4. I also found this on on the embellish site....so will follow yr blog and watch for yr next wonderful creation....i only got my machine a few months ago and would love to be able to create something as stunning as this.

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  5. Absolutely beautiful Michelle!

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