I decided to stipple in all the inner parts of the fish and did an echo quilt pattern on all the area outside of the fish. I am really please with how the effect came out. The echo quilting on the Bali Batik fabric really has a lot of dimension to the look between the color of the fabric and the direction of the lines of the quilting. A lot of movement. This pattern was also a fusible applique technique but again, since I don't like that, and I really like to do needle-turn, that is how I chose to do it. Of course it took a lot longer, but it is very relaxing to me and is something that I do when I pop a movie in.
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| Close-up of echo quilting |
The green in the picture above is more the color of the background. I was trying to get a picture of the quilting so I took the flash off and it darkened things up quilt a bit.
Several people have asked what I meant in my previous posting as to my reference about doing a "cloud stipple". Well, I did a stipple stitch, but with a more horizontal meander rather than an all-over meander. It sort of gave a cloud effect where the sky is. You never know unless you try and I am pleased with the results.
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| Cloud effect stipple stitch |
Enjoying one last day before school starts. Looking through a few more sewing projects to see what I can work on this afternoon. I was lazy today and slept in since it will be the last day for that luxury for quite awhile. Sunny this morning but it is getting cloudy. Could we be in for a 29th straight day of at least a trace of precipitation? We set a new record at 28.
There is one last bit to the saga of the bathroom remodel, but it is all done and I will tell that tale at a later date.
Enjoy the last of summer.
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