Monday, April 4, 2011

Finished my quilt and vase !

Hi everyone been a little while since i blogged !  i had a great time in Florida apart from bad headaches which i have continued to have  but in between i have managed to finish my embroidered quilt and a vase.
My quilt started way back as a mixed media embroidery piece a class taught at my embroidery guild and i was unsure how to finish it.  I did a few sketches and settled on making a template for the patterned overlay and i really do love how it turned out.  I am thinking about calling it nerve ending or brain explosion unless someone else has an idea. i am going to enter this for the 3creativestudio quilt challenge it falls in their colour palette for this month.

My vase was a challenge issued at my embroidery guild it started out as a mop up cloth and i added more paint, stamping and some stencilling with shiva sticks. I then embellished with hand stitching beads and yarn. After it was quilted i chopped it into 5 pieces then rearranged the pieces and stitched it back together and shaped it into a vessel.  would love to hear what you all think !






11 comments:

  1. First off Michelle so nice to see you back and i hop your headaches get better soon.
    I love the quilt and second sounds like you had much fun making the vessel....very creative and wonderful.

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  2. Hi Michelle.Ditto above.Hope the headaches are a thing of the past soon.So debilitating. Ghastly!!
    LOVE your quilt and vase!!Quilt is my fav as it's green!!!LOVE greens, although I have begun to work in blues which I rarely do.
    Kind regards
    Judyxx

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  3. Hi Michelle, I love the quilt - it reminds me of frogs in a pond (I know it sounds silly but that is what sprang to mind).

    The vase is lovely too.

    Hope the head clears soon.

    cheers, Dian

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  4. I think that fabric sculpture would be a better catagory for your vase and I think you should explore even more ideas on this. Great design. Love your little quilt. Looks like a puzzle. Good ideas here.

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  5. Love your quilt.. looks great - like Dian says - frogs (spring peepers) in a pond. I love love love your vase. Looks fantastic.

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  6. ¡¡HERMOSO!! el jarrón una escultura en tela. Algo inusual un verdadero arte. Tu edredón muy lindo parece una ventana al campo, me encanto.

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  7. Lovely to have you blogging again Michelle, I missed you. I hope the headaches you've been having are gone, I know how difficult they can be. I love your vessel, and remember doing a similar exercise late last year, it was fun. The green quilt is gorgeous, and perhaps the name 'MIGRAINE' might be fitting as you seem to be thinking brain explosion...........LOL.... I love it, and am sorry I have missed some of your posts, Blogger has a bad attitude at the moment, and I miss seeing them on my sidebar at times!! Take care.

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  8. Very creative pieces, Michelle. I love the fabric vase. Sorry to hear about your headaches. I am a headache sufferer, so I know what you were going through.

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  9. This is my first time to your blog. I love the colors that you work with. Sorry about your headaches. I know how it is to have them. ..you are very creative. you have inspired me. I am a new follower. have a great Sunday.

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  10. Love the quilt and the vase. Hope the headaches go away soon, they make life very uncomfortable.

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  11. Michelle your quilt and vase is so wonderful, love the embroidery in the center of the quilt and all these different elements you used in it, have a nice day.
    Anni

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