Thursday, February 15, 2018

Roadtrip SH8: Lake Tekapo



Inspired by scenes on our October 2017 road trip from Christchurch to Edendale, mostly travelling along State Highway 8 (after first travelling through Geraldine), I drew up some sketches with a plan to create a series of little art quilts.

I had just attended the 2017 NZ Quilt Symposium and was very motivated by the various classes I took; I could see potential art-quilt or abstract quilts in every landscape.

Lake Tekapo is a beautiful sight in October - gorgeous deep blue water, reflecting the Spring sky, surrounded by mid-Canterbury-brown hills with snow still covering the tops. I can't find the photo I took when I made my husband stop by the side of the road but this photo is similar to  what we saw...
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A bit closer up: I used three blue shades of machine embroidery threads to
stitch in the water, and white thread for the snow.
The motivation to actually make the quilts came in January, from one of my Symposium tutors, Brenda Gael Smith, who is running a Monthly Art Project challenge via Facebook - so I signed up.

My plan: to create small quilts, about 8-9' square in size, using a mixture of piecing, applique, quilting and embellishments.

I really didn't know just what I wanted to do for finishing it off...I considered facing it, and then saw a tutorial for a perle cord thread finish, but have no perle cord to do it with. So I decided to try a serged/overcast edging. Not sure I like it really. I think I might make sure to get some perle cord and then I can try it out, as I do think it looks smart when done like that.

Sharing with my quilting friends at Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday and Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday linky parties. Hi everyone!!

6 comments:

  1. Wow!! That is a stunning photo! Nice job on your interpretation.

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    1. Thanks! Am about to post soon about the next in the series...the Lindis Pass...

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  2. What a wonderful idea and how pretty! I have in my (huge) list of possible quilts a "fault lines" quilt with colors similar to the ones you used. It will have to be paper pieced, so I'm putting it off. ;)

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    1. Don't put off until tomorrow...etc etc - however I know what you mean, sometimes we quilters just have so many things we'd like to create that we just don't know where to start!

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  3. What a cute project and great way to remember a special trip! What I would give to see New Zealand in person!!!

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    1. As we say at our school...dreams become reality when we take action...make a plan! You won't regret it.

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